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|accepted_name=Ceanothus diversifolius
|accepted_authority=Kellogg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.
|place=1: 58. 1855
|year=1855
}}
|common_names=Pine mat
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ceanothus decumbens
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ceanothus;Ceanothus subg. Ceanothus;Ceanothus diversifolius
|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. Ceanothus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ceanothus diversifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 80, 87
|treatment_page=page 94
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> evergreen, 0.2–0.3(–0.5) m, matlike. <b>Stems</b> spreading, sometimes rooting at nodes; branchlets green, sometimes tinged red, not thorn-tipped, usually round, sometimes angled, in cross section, flexible, puberulent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 3–11 mm; blade flat, elliptic to widely ovate, 12–45 × 6–20 mm, base obtuse to rounded, margins serrulate to denticulate, not revolute, usually not wavy, sometimes wavy, teeth 27–42, apex ± obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface pale green, pilosulous, adaxial surface green, pilosulous; usually pinnately veined, rarely 3-veined from base. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, umbel-like to racemelike, 1.3–4 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals, petals, and nectary usually blue to pale blue, rarely white. <b>Capsules</b> 4–5 mm wide, weakly lobed near apex; valves smooth, crested.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Well-drained slopes and canyons, open to shaded sites, mixed evergreen and conifer forests.
|elevation=700–2300 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Ceanothus diversifolius</i> occurs in the North Coast Ranges and the western slopes of the Cascade Range and the Sierra <i>Nevada</i>; it often forms mats to two meters wide. Marginal teeth on young leaves are notable in having more or less persistent, narrowly conic glands, not seen elsewhere in <i>Ceanothus</i>.</p>
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name=Ceanothus diversifolius
|authority=Kellogg
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Ceanothus decumbens
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Well-drained slopes and canyons, open to shaded sites, mixed evergreen and conifer forests.
|elevation=700–2300 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.
|publication year=1855
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Ceanothus
|subgenus=Ceanothus subg. Ceanothus
|species=Ceanothus diversifolius
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