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| latin_name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
|familia=Lamiaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Trichostema
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=lanatum
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=romero or Woolly Blue Curls, Blue curls
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|habit=herbaceous
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht box=2
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Min ht metric=ft
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Max ht box=5
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
|Max wd box=2
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd metric=ft
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|exposure=sun
| color = IndianRed
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|features=flowers
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|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
|flowers=blue, purple
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=6
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|max_zone=10
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|image=Trichostema lanatum flowers 2005-03-24.jpg
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|image_caption=Trichostema lanatum
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'''''Trichostema lanatum''''' ('''romero''' or '''Woolly Blue Curls''') is a small [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] or [[sub-shrub]] native to arid coastal regions of [[California]]. It is many-branched and grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, with narrow, pointed green leaves. The smooth-petaled blue flowers are born in dense clusters, with the stem and calyces covered in woolly hairs of blue, pink, or white.
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Trichostema lanatum, Benth. A perennial shrubby plant with rosemary-like lvs. and cymes of fls. in a naked terminal thyrse: lvs. narrow-linear, 1-nerved, sessile, margins revolute: calyx and corolla covered with dense violet or purple wool; corolla 1/2 in. long. S. Calif.—A very handsome shrub, known as "ramero."
Trichostema lanatum, Benth. A perennial shrubby plant with rosemary-like lvs. and cymes of fls. in a naked terminal thyrse: lvs. narrow-linear, 1-nerved, sessile, margins revolute: calyx and corolla covered with dense violet or purple wool; corolla 1/2 in. long. S. Calif.—A very handsome shrub, known as "ramero."
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
T. lanatum does not tolerate summer water at all and dislikes 'wet feet' at any time of year. The soil must be fairly loose and well-drained. Even a single inadvertent summer watering can cause the plant to die if enough water gets into the root system. Even in its growing season, supplemental watering must be judiciously used if there is not enough rainfall. Placing the plant on a slightly raised knoll or berm helps prevent premature death from water, certainly this is not a plant to put in a swale or a depression; raising it up may be the only way to get it to survive in a less than ideal soil.
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
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