Ceanothus microphyllus Michaux. Sandhill Ceanothus. Phen: Mar-Apr. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills. Dist: E. GA south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. AL, approaching to within a few kilometers of SC (in Screven and Chatham counties, GA), and should be sought in se. SC (except that its outlandish appearance makes it difficult to overlook!).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: C. ×serpyllifolius Nuttall (pro sp.) is apparently a hybrid of C. americanus var. intermedius and C. microphyllus (Coile 1988); it is known from scattered sites in FL and GA.
Synonymy: = FNA12, K1, K3, K4, S, S13, WH3, Brizicky (1964a), Coile (1988a), Fross & Wilken (2006)
Heliophily: 9
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© Alan Cressler: Ceanothus microphyllus, Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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