Ceanothus caeruleus Lag.

Shrubs, erect, 3-5 m high, unarmed, the younger branches brown-tomentose. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute, serrulate, slightly rounded basally, 2-3(-4) cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, pubescent above, densely pale brown tomentose beneath; petioles 2-4 mm long, tomentose, the stipules caducous, 2-4 mm long, elongate-deltoid and keeled, fimbriolate. Inflorescences racemose or paniculate, terminal ca. 4-8 cm long. Flowers with the pedicels ca. 4-7 mm long, pubescent; sepals broadly ovate, becoming notched apically, ca. 1 mm long; petals pale blue, long-clawed; stamens exserted, the filaments ca. 1 mm long, the anthers ca. 0.4 mm long; style ca. 1 mm long, the stigma branches 0.2 mm long. Drupes 3-lobed, slightly crested on the ridges, dark brown, ca. 3-4 mm broad; seeds ca. 2 mm long.