Eschscholtz, J.V.G. von (1826), Descriptiones plantarum Novae Californiae. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. Avec l'Histoire de l'Academie 10: 285 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In Novae Californiae fruticetis."

Taplin, R.L. & Symon, D.E. (29 September 2008), Remnant horticultural plants at the site of the former Newman's Nursery, 1854-1932. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 83 [secondary reference]

common name: California Lilac [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Ceanothus elegans Lem. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA (doubtfully naturalised)

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