Ceanothus prostratus - Prostrate ceanothus

Prostrate ceanothus (Ceanothus prostratus) is a mat-forming, nitrogen-fixing evergreen shrub native to California’s montane chaparral, in western North America, its shallow, spreading roots forming a flat ground-covering mat barely 10 cm tall.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Dye¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer¹
• Ground cover¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus prostratus | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩