Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trichostema setaceum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichostema setaceum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trichostema setaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-01-001:
Trichostema setaceum FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trichostema dichotomum var. lineare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trichostema lineare
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Blue Curls
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Steve Marlow snm9200034PurpleCURLS2sel
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
JK Marlow jkm201002_7493
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Mericarps brownish to olive or blackish, dull, obovoid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm201002_7495
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The one-nerved linear leaves are at least 6 times longer than wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm201002_7496
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Calyx 2-lipped, the lower lip's three teeth longer than the upper lip's two, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Steve Marlow snm20060bluecurls5sel
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Corolla 5-lobed, lowest lobe lip-like, stamens curl downward almost to the lip, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Tim Spira tpstsetaceum
Month Unknown
Leaves narrow, less than 1/4" (5mm) wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
COMPARE
leaves of Blue Curls species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Trichostema setaceum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichostema setaceum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trichostema setaceum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-01-001:
Trichostema setaceum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trichostema dichotomum var. lineare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trichostema lineare