Ceanothus americanus
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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.[2][4] New Jersey tea was a name coined during the American Revolution, because its leaves were used as a substitute for imported tea.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Genus: | Ceanothus |
Species: | C. americanus |
Binomial name | |
Ceanothus americanus | |
Synonyms[3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
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