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'''''Trichostema''''' ({{pron-en|ˌtrɪkɵˈstiːmə}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the [[Lamiaceae]] family, which has [[aromatic herb]]s or [[subshrub]]s. These plants are native to [[North America]]. In addition, any plant of this genus which has whorls of small blue flowers is called '''Blue curls'''.
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Trichostema (Greek, hair and stamen, referring to the filaments). Labiatae. Blue Curls. Hardy or half-hardy herbs, adapted to the wild-garden or rockery.
 
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*''Trichostema arizonicum''
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*''Trichostema austromontana''
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*''Trichostema austromontanum''
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*''Trichostema brachiatum''
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*''Trichostema dichotomum''
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*''Trichostemma hispida''
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*''[[Trichostema lanatum]]''
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*''[[Trichostema lanceolatum]]''
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*''Trichostema laxum''
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*''Trichostema lineare''
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*''Trichostema linearifolium''
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*''Trichostema mexicanum''
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*''Trichostema micranthum''
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*''Trichostema oblongum''
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*''Trichostema ovatum''
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*''Trichostema parishii''
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*''Trichostema pilosum''
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*''Trichostema purpusii''
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*''Trichostema rubisepalum''
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*''Trichostema sandersoni''
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*''Trichostema setaceum''
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*''Trichostema simulatum''
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*''Trichostema spiralis''
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*''Trichostema suffrutescens''
  
 
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Trichostema lanatum


Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Trichostema (pronounced /ˌtrɪkɵˈstiːmə/)[1] is a genus of flowering plants in the Lamiaceae family, which has aromatic herbs or subshrubs. These plants are native to North America. In addition, any plant of this genus which has whorls of small blue flowers is called Blue curls.


Read about Trichostema in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Trichostema (Greek, hair and stamen, referring to the filaments). Labiatae. Blue Curls. Hardy or half-hardy herbs, adapted to the wild-garden or rockery.

Leaves entire; floral lvs. similar: floral whorls axillary, densely or laxly many-fld.; calyx campanulate, 10-nerved, 5-toothed; corolla-tube slender, usually exserted, without a ring inside; limb subequally 5-cleft, lobes oblong or broadly declinate; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary deeply 4-lobed: nutlets obovoid, reticulately rugose.—About 10 species, N. Amer. CH


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Species

  • Trichostema arizonicum
  • Trichostema austromontana
  • Trichostema austromontanum
  • Trichostema brachiatum
  • Trichostema dichotomum
  • Trichostemma hispida
  • Trichostema lanatum
  • Trichostema lanceolatum
  • Trichostema laxum
  • Trichostema lineare
  • Trichostema linearifolium
  • Trichostema mexicanum
  • Trichostema micranthum
  • Trichostema oblongum
  • Trichostema ovatum
  • Trichostema parishii
  • Trichostema pilosum
  • Trichostema purpusii
  • Trichostema rubisepalum
  • Trichostema sandersoni
  • Trichostema setaceum
  • Trichostema simulatum
  • Trichostema spiralis
  • Trichostema suffrutescens

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  1. ↑ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
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