PLANTS Profile for Ceanothus herbaceus (Jersey tea)

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Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.
Jersey tea

Symbol:

CEHE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rhamnaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

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Synonyms:
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

	CEHEP	Ceanothus herbaceus Raf. var. pubescens (Torr. & A. Gray ex S. Watson) Shinners
	CEOV	Ceanothus ovatus auct. non Desf.
	CEOVP	Ceanothus ovatus Desf. var. pubescens Torr. & A. Gray ex S. Watson
	CEPU7	Ceanothus pubescens (Torr. & A. Gray ex S. Watson) Rydb. ex Small

Distribution:
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.


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USA (AR, CO, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

View 20 genera in Rhamnaceae, 64 species in Ceanothus

Classification:
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rhamnales
Family	Rhamnaceae – Buckthorn family
Genus	Ceanothus L. – ceanothus
Species	Ceanothus herbaceus Raf. – Jersey tea

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
redroot		Endangered
Indiana:
prairie redroot		Extirpated
Kentucky:
prairie redroot		Threatened
New York:
prairie redroot		Endangered
Ohio:
prairie redroot		Endangered
Vermont:
prairie redroot		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28476.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 12:23 AM MDT