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Photographer: Stephen L. Solheim
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Family Rhamnaceae
Ceanothus americanus L.
New Jersey tea, red-root
Ceanothus: from Greek keanothus, a name which was used for some spiny plant
americanus: for America
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall shrub with many branches |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted; inflorescence a tall, rounded, branched cluster of usually separated umbels from the leaf axils on stalks to 8" long; blooms June - Aug. |
| Leaf: | mostly narrowly elliptical, 1"-3" long and usually half as wide |
| Habitat: | full to partial sun; dry to moderate moisture; prairies, meadows, uplands; in sandy, loamy soil |
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