Bloom Native gardener's
field companion

Explore

Field report Layers Search
Log in Sign up
  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Buckthorn Family
  7. California-lilacs
  8. Ceanothus Subg. Ceanothus
  9. Littleleaf Buckbrush

species 418 observations

Littleleaf Buckbrush

Ceanothus microphyllus

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Supports All

38 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Cecropia Moth, Spring Azure 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Margined Calligrapher, Common Grass Skimmer, Red-winged Longhorn Beetle, White-crowned Sparrow 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee, Isodontia exornata, Zebra Longhorn Beetle, Cyclops Blood Bee 27

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

We can't find the internet

Attempting to reconnect

Something went wrong!

Attempting to reconnect