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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Forked Bluecurls at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-01-002:
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Forked Bluecurls, Common Blue Curls
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trdi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190129_6331
January Greenville County SC
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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.
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Gill Newberry gn09_t_dichotomum
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_t_dichotomum_flower
September
Flowers are small yet orchidlike and with beautiful architecture, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm0509d_20
September Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm080906_001
September Greenville County SC
Leaves are entire, oblong to lanceolate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves of Blue Curls species
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm080906_005
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140909_563
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm180913_4697
September Greenville County SC
Stems, at least the principal ones, spreading pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180913_4699
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180929_5124
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200903_7073
September Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_t_dichotoma_75086
September Miami-Dade County FL
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Roxanna Martin rlm91111_47
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm91910_135
September Spartanburg County SC
Stamens curved between lateral corolla lobes & curled downward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_dichotomum_2
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_dichotomum_3
September
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JK Marlow s050910_a
September Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0410d_05
October Greenville County SC
Field
Mericarps brownish to olive or blackish, dull, obovoid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm151107_073
November Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm111409_061
November Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-01-002:
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
1531
Forb
Annual/Weak perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in dry woodlands, disturbed areas, thin soils around rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Violet
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p076
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p404
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p157
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p079
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p215
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p233
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p275
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p146
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p339