Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn.
(Deerbrush)

Family: Rhamnaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Ceanothus mogollonicus Greene

Ceanothus integerrimus is the least common of the three members of this genus thus far found in the Gila. Ceanothus integerrimus has strongly three veined leaves, like C. fendleri, but the leaves are much larger and the small branches do not end in a thorn as they do in C. fendleri. The leaves of C. integerrimus are glabrous underneath, also unlike C. fendleri which is pubescent. C. integerrimus is found on dry mountain slopes.
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Ceanothus integerrimus, photo Kevin Keith, Mogollon Mtns., Davis Canyon, June 6, 2011



Ceanothus integerrimus, leaves, photo Kevin Keith, Mogollon Mtns., Davis Canyon, June 6, 2011



Ceanothus integerrimus, green stem, photo Kevin Keith, Mogollon Mtns., Davis Canyon, June 6, 2011


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