Plant

Sticky laurel; mountain balm

Ceanothus velutinus
Plant
Sticky laurel; mountain balm
Habitat
Bitterroots
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1806-06-27

Unlike other Ceanothus species, Mountain Balm has shiny evergreen leaves. Lewis collected it along the Clearwater River.

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