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Trichostema dichotomum

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Forked bluecurls
Trichostema dichotomum blossom
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Trichostema
Species:
T. dichotomum
Binomial name
Trichostema dichotomum

Trichostema dichotomum, common name forked bluecurls, is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae).[1] The plant is found in the Midwestern and Eastern United States, Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas.[2][3][4][5][6]

Description

Trichostema dichotomum is an annual herbaceous forb with opposite, simple leaves, and square, erect, hairy stems.

The flowers are blue, borne in late summer.[7]

References

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trichostema dichtomum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ USDA: Trichostema dichotomum distribution map
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville
  6. ^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
  7. ^ Voss, E. G. 1996. Michigan Flora, Part III: Dicots (Pyrolaceae-Compositae). Cranbrook Inst. of Science, Ann Arbor.