Photo 11481673, (c) Tim Messick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tim Messick

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Date

October 15, 2017 01:30 PM PDT

Description

Ceanothus velutinus with blister galls on the undersides of leaves, along the Green Creek trail, east of Green Lake, Mono County, CA. Galls appear to be from Eriophyes ceanothi, a parasitic Eriophyid mite specific to Ceanothus.
References:
https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ppd/PDF/Bulletin1939_EriophyidStudiesV.pdf
https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT87208955/PDF

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