Wild Lilac==Snowbrush Ceanothus - Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family)  Ceanothus velutinus Home Index Plant Photo Details Description Utah Range Map

top view of leaf underside of leaf    Photo Details June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah Characteristics A perennial, evergreen, native plant with a great lilac-like scent - About 6  to 7 feet tall -Three prominent veins on leaves that are bright  green on top and pale green underneath - White flowers arranged in panicles. Other Host plant for the following butterflies:  Incisalia augustinus==Callophrys augustinus - Brown Elfin Celastrina ladon - Spring Azure CLICK FOR PHOTOS OF Papilio eurymedon -  Pale Swallowtail Nymphalis californica -  California Tortoiseshell Celastrina ladon - Spring Azure Satyrium saepium provo - Hedgerow Hairstreak Pronunciation see-an-O-thus    ve-Loot - in -us Back to Top