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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trichostema dichotomum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Trichostema dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-01-002:

Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Trichostema dichotomum var. dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trichostema dichotomum

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls


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image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trdi2_001_lvd

        

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm190129_6331

January    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm190129_6333

January    Greenville County    SC

Sepals remain after fruits drop, looking like tiny pointed sugar scoops, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

Gill Newberry    gn09_t_dichotomum

September        

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm0509d_20

September    Greenville County    SC

Field

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm080906_001b

September    Greenville County    SC

2-lipped corolla with 5 lobes, upper 4 ascending, lower curved downward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm140909_563

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm180913_4697

September    Greenville County    SC

Flowers are small yet orchidlike and with beautiful architecture, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm180913_4699

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm180929_5124

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm230916_5488

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5558

September    Greenville County    SC

Stems spreading-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate; entire, crenate or rarely lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Blue Curls species

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

Keith Bradley    kab_t_dichotoma_75086

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Stamens curved between lateral corolla lobes & curled downward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

Roxanna Martin    rlm91111_47

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_dichotomum_2

September        

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm211001_3939

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm211001_3943

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm211016_4327

October    Greenville County    SC

Mericarps brownish to olive or blackish, dull, obovoid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm211016_4330

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

JK Marlow    jkm231023_6157

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Trichostema dichotomum, Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

Roxanna Martin    rlm111409_061

November    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trichostema dichotomum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trichostema dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-01-002:
Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trichostema dichotomum var. dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trichostema dichotomum

 

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1531

Forb
Annual/Weak perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, disturbed areas, roadsides, thin soils around rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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