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

June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon top view of leaf June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon underside of leaf June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon Lamb's Canyon - 25 June 2013   Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Photos June 14, 2006, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah Also located at Lamb's Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah -  25 June 2013 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