Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey tea

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ceanothus
Species:
C. americanus
Binomial name
Ceanothus americanus
Synonyms[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Ceanothus americanus is a species of Ceanothus shrub native to North America. Common names include New Jersey tea, Jersey tea ceanothus, variations of red root (red-root; redroot), mountain sweet (mountain-sweet; mountainsweet), and wild snowball.[3][5] New Jersey tea was a name coined during the American Revolution, because its leaves were used as a substitute for imported tea.[4]

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  2. ^ C. americanus was first described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 195. 1753. "Plant Name Details for Ceanothus americanus". IPNI. Retrieved August 16, 2010. Distribution: Virginia, Carolina, United States of America (Northern America).
  3. ^ a b "Ceanothus americanus L.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Coladonato, Milo (1993). "Ceanothus americanus". Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Ceanothus americanus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  6. ^ C. americanus var. intermedius was published in A Flora of North America, 1(2): 264. 1838.
    "Ceanothus americanus var. intermedius (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  7. ^ C. americanus var. pitcheri was published in A Flora of North America, 1(2): 264. 1838.
    "Ceanothus americanus var. pitcheri Torr. & A.Gray". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  8. ^ C. intermedius was published in Flora Americae Septentrionalis. ... 1: 167. 1814.
    "Ceanothus intermedius Pursh". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  9. ^  C. ovatus was published in Histoire des Arbres et Arbrisseaux qui peuvent etre cultives en pleine terre sur le sol de la France, 2: 381. 1809. Paris. Harvard University Herbaria/Arnold Arboretum (April 7, 2008). "Botanical Specimen Search Results for Ceanothus ovatus". Index of Botanical Specimens. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Retrieved August 16, 2010.