C. g. var. horizontalis[3] (Note: horizontalis is not accepted by all botanists)
Synonyms[4]
C. thyrsiflorus var. griseus Trel. (basionym)
Ceanothus griseus is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names Carmel ceanothus[4] and Carmel creeper. 'Carmel' refers to the Carmel-by-the-Sea region in California.
^"NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ The name C. griseus was published in Ceanothus, 210, 212. 1942. Santa Barbara. "Plant Name Details for Ceanothus griseus". IPNI. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
^C. g. var. horizontalis was published in Ceanothus, 210, fig. 11a. 1942. Santa Barbara. "Plant Name Details for Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis". IPNI. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
^ ab The basionym C. thyrsiflorus var. griseus was first published and described in Synoptical Flora of North America 1(1[2]): 415-416. 1897. "Name - Ceanothus griseus (Trel.) McMinn". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 21, 2010. Basionym: Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus Trel.
as well as bearberry, bitter cherry, black oak, California buckeye, ceanothus, cedar, cliffrose, cottonwood, creek dogwood, creeping barberry, dogwood...