Trichostema parishii

Trichostema parishii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Parish's bluecurls.[1][2][3]

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

Distribution

It is native to the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges of southern California and south into Baja California.[1][2]

Its habitat includes chaparral and coastal sage scrub.[2] It grows at 600–2,000 metres (2,000–6,600 ft) in elevation.[1]

Description

Trichostema parishii is a shrub that grows to a maximum height around 12 decimetres (3.9 ft).[1]

Its aromatic herbage coated in short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The linear leaves are up to 6 centimeters long. Their edges curl under, and they are hairy, especially on the undersides. A cluster of smaller leaves may occur in the axils of each main leaf.

The inflorescence is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. The inflorescence is coated in fluffy, woolly hairs in shades of blue, pink and purple. Each flower has a hairy calyx of pointed sepals and a tubular, lipped purple corolla, the main lower lip measuring up to a centimeter in length. The four stamens are long and curved, measuring up to 2.5 centimeters long.

Its bloom period is from March to May.[1]

References
  1. Jepson: Trichostema parishii
  2. Calflora: Trichostema parishii
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trichostema parishii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.


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