Kingdom Plantae Family Lamiaceae Genus Trichostema Rank Species | Order Lamiales Subfamily Teucrioideae Scientific name Trichostema simulatum | |
Trichostema simulatum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Siskiyou bluecurls.
It is native to the southern Cascade Range in northern California and southern Oregon, and in the northern Sierra Nevada in California.
It grows in open and generally sandy or gravelly sites of Yellow pine forests and adjacent habitats, at 500–1,600 metres (1,600–5,200 ft) in elevation.
Description
Trichostema simulatum is an annual herb grows up to about 40 centimetres (16 in) tall.
Its aromatic foliage is coated in long and short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The lance-shaped leaves are 2 to 5 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of sepals with triangular points and a tubular, lipped purple corolla. The four protruding stamens are curved.