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
Stems of Bluecurls
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
Flowers of Bluecurl