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]

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

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. "Trichostema dichtomum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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.
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