Taxon: Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.

Common names:

• redroot   (Source: F Tex ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba [s.e.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [n.w.], Maine [Essex Co.], Michigan [n.], New York, Ohio [n.], Vermont [Chittenden Co.], West Virginia [Grant Co.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n.], Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota [s.w.], Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Montana [s.e], Wyoming [Crook Co.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas [w.], District of Columbia, Kentucky [e.], Maryland
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas [c.]

References:

• Bartgis, R. L. et al. 1997. The prairie-redroot (Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.) in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Castanea 62:127–128.
• Brizicky, G. K. 1964. The genera of Rhamnaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 45:451–455.
• Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Dorn, R. D. 1977. Manual of the vascular plants of Wyoming.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mitchell, R. S., ed. 1986. A checklist of New York state plants. New York State Mus. Bull. 458.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. [= C. ovatus Desf.].
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ceanothus herbaceus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ceanothus herbaceus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ceanothus herbaceus.

Synonyms:

• (=) Ceanothus herbaceus var. pubescens (Torr. & A. Gray ex S. Watson) Shinners
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Ceanothus ovatus var. pubescens Torr. & A. Gray ex S. Watson
  
• (=) Ceanothus pubescens (Torr. & A. Gray ex S. Watson) Rydb. ex Small
  

Check other web resources for Ceanothus herbaceus Raf.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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