Trichostema dichotomum
Common Name: bluecurls,
Scientific Name: Trichostema dichotomum L.
Family Name: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) - Mint Family
Identification Notes
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 
Leaves:
opposite, oblong to oblanceolate, entire, short petioles, hairy
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; terminal and axillary clusteres, flower solitary 
