Ceanothus verrucosus - Wart-stemmed ceanothus

Wart-stemmed ceanothus (Ceanothus verrucosus) is an evergreen shrub of coastal San Diego County chaparral and coastal sage scrub, named for the bumpy, rough stipules where its silver leaves meet the stem.¹ It grows 1-2 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹

Type

• Ceanothus spp. - Wild lilac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-2
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Ceanothus verrucosus, Wart-Stemmed Ceanothus | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 75 seconds ↩