Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trichostema dichotomum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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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
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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.
Gill Newberry gn09_t_dichotomum_flower
September
Flowers are small yet orchidlike and with beautiful architecture, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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
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.
JK Marlow jkm180913_4697
September Greenville County SC
Stems, at least the principal ones, spreading pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm91910_135
September Spartanburg County SC
Stamens curved between lateral corolla lobes & curled downward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0410d_05
October Greenville County SC
Field
Mericarps brownish to olive or blackish, dull, obovoid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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