Trichostema dichotomum
| Forked bluecurls | |
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| Trichostema dichotomum blossom | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Trichostema |
| Species: | T. dichotomum
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| 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[]
- ^ "Trichostema dichtomum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ USDA: Trichostema dichotomum distribution map
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville
- ^ 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
- ^ Voss, E. G. 1996. Michigan Flora, Part III: Dicots (Pyrolaceae-Compositae). Cranbrook Inst. of Science, Ann Arbor.
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Categories:
- Trichostema
- Flora of Eastern Canada
- Flora of the Northeastern United States
- Flora of the United States
- Flora of the Southeastern United States
- Flora of the Bahamas
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Lamiaceae stubs