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|accepted_name=Ceanothus ophiochilus
|accepted_authority=S. Boyd
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=T. S. Ross & Arnseth, Phytologia
|place=70: 29, figs. 1–4. 1991
|year=1991
}}
|common_names=Vail Lake ceanothus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ceanothus;Ceanothus subg. Cerastes;Ceanothus ophiochilus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rhamnaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ceanothus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ceanothus subg. Cerastes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ceanothus ophiochilus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 96, 98
|treatment_page=page 108
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 1–2 m. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets reddish brown to gray, terete, ± flexible to rigid, glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> both fascicled and not fascicled on same plant; petiole 0–1 mm; blade folded lengthwise abaxially, narrowly oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 3–7 × 1–3 mm, base cuneate, margins not revolute, usually entire, rarely denticulate near apex, teeth 1–4, apex obtuse, rounded, or cuspidate, abaxial surface pale green, glabrate, adaxial surface pale to yellowish green, glabrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary or terminal, 0.7–2 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals, petals, and nectary pale blue or pink-tinged. <b>Capsules</b> 3–4 mm wide, not lobed; valves smooth, horns minute or absent, intermediate ridges absent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Rocky soils from deeply weathered gabbro or pyroxene substrates, slopes and ridges, chaparral.
|elevation=600–700 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Ceanothus ophiochilus</i>, known only from the northern part of the Palomar Mountains in southwestern Riverside County, is distinctive by having small, more or less terete, fascicled leaves; it is known to hybridize with <i>C. crassifolius</i> at one locality.</p><!--
--><p><i>Ceanothus ophiochilus</i> is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.</p>
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name=Ceanothus ophiochilus
|author=
|authority=S. Boyd
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr.
|habitat=Rocky soils from deeply weathered gabbro or pyroxene substrates, slopes and ridges, chaparral.
|elevation=600–700 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=T. S. Ross & Arnseth, Phytologia
|publication year=1991
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Ceanothus
|subgenus=Ceanothus subg. Cerastes
|species=Ceanothus ophiochilus
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