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(Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis)

Photo Credit: John Game

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Family: Rhamnaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: XXXXXX
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 10/16/2004

Description:

Ceanothus impressus var. nipomoensis is a variety of flowering shrub in the Rhamnaceae (buckthorn) family known by the common name Nipomo Mesa Ceanothus. It is thickly branched with dark brown twigs and stem. The evergreen leaves are about 2 centimeters long and oval shaped, highly ridged and wrinkled and curling under along the edges. They may be gland-dotted and have grayish hairy undersides. The shrub flowers abundantly in clusters of small blue flowers. [Calscape]

Where is (Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis can be found on coastal slopes and mesas of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Distribution:

Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis is endemic to the coast of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

States & Provinces:

can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve (Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis)?

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

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Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 210 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Ceanothus impressus var. nipomensis from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 17 maternal plants