Common Name:
bluecurls
Scientific Name:
Trichostema dichotomum
Family Name:
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
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Mint Family
Life Cycle
native summer annual, reproducing by seed
Stems
upright, very branched, square, slender and somewhat stiff, densely haired especially above, hairs short and glanular
Flowers
5-petaled, blue to violet-blue, 4 petals above and 1 hanging below, larger lower petal tongue-like and square-tipped with whitish base and blue to violet-blue spots, grouped stamens very long and curl downward; panicle, terminal and axillary above; termin