Fendler's Ceanothus

Ceanothus fendleri A. Gray - Buckthorn family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink, Green

Bloom Time: Winter, Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Fendler's Ceanothus: Apodemia nais, Automeris cecrops pamina, Callophrys apama homoperplexa, Celastrina argiolus cinerea, Celastrina argiolus sidara, Erynnis martialis, Erynnis pacuvius, Hyalophora columbia gloveri, Ixala desperaria, Nymphalis californica, Papilio eurymedon, Satyrium saepium

Native Range

  • USA:  Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming
  • MEX:  Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.