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|accepted_name=Ceanothus sanguineus
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 167. 1813
|year=1813
}}
|common_names=Redstem ceanothus
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ceanothus oreganus
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Rhamnaceae;Ceanothus;Ceanothus subg. Ceanothus;Ceanothus sanguineus
|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 sanguineus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 81, 82
|treatment_page=page 83
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> deciduous, 1–2.5 m. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, not rooting at nodes; branchlets greenish to reddish brown, not thorn-tipped, round in cross section, flexible to ± rigid, puberulent, glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 6–25 mm; blade not aromatic, flat, ovate, ovate-elliptic, or widely elliptic, 25–100 × (17–)20–60 mm, herbaceous, not resinous, base rounded or subcordate, margins serrulate, teeth 50–100+, apex acute to rounded, abaxial surface pale green, glabrous or puberulent, especially on veins, adaxial surface green, dull, glabrate; 3-veined from base. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, paniclelike, cylindric, 5–12 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals and petals usually white to cream, sometimes pink-tinged; nectary cream. <b>Capsules</b> 4–5 mm wide, weakly lobed near apex; valves smooth, usually not crested, sometimes weakly crested.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Open areas in forests, clear-cuts, rocky hillsides, slopes, prairies, burns.
|elevation=0–1400 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Idaho;Mich.;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Putative hybrids between <i>Ceanothus sanguineus</i> and <i>C. velutinus</i> have been reported from British Columbia and Oregon (H. McMinn 1944). The occurrence of <i>C. sanguineus</i> in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Keweenaw County) is a significant disjunction from the nearest locations in western Montana.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ceanothus sanguineus
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Ceanothus oreganus
|basionyms=
|family=Rhamnaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul.
|habitat=Open areas in forests, clear-cuts, rocky hillsides, slopes, prairies, burns.
|elevation=0–1400 m.
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Idaho;Mich.;Mont.;Oreg.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1813
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_944.xml
|genus=Ceanothus
|subgenus=Ceanothus subg. Ceanothus
|species=Ceanothus sanguineus
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