Trichostema parishii

Trichostema parishii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Teucrioideae
Genus: Trichostema
Species: T. parishii
Binomial name
Trichostema parishii
Vasey

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

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. 1 2 3 4 5 Jepson: Trichostema parishii
  2. 1 2 3 Calflora: Trichostema parishii
  3. ↑ "Trichostema parishii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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