Trichostema parishii
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Trichostema parishii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Parish's bluecurls.[https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=46996 Jepson: Trichostema parishii][http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=8037 Calflora: Trichostema parishii]{{PLANTS|id=TRPA3|taxon=Trichostema parishii|access-date=14 December 2015}}
Distribution
It is native to the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges of southern California and south into Baja California.
Its habitat includes chaparral and coastal sage scrub. It grows at {{convert|600|-|2000|m|ft}} in elevation.
Description
Trichostema parishii is a shrub that grows to a maximum height around {{convert|12|dm|ft}}.
Its aromatic herbage coated in short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The linear leaves are up to 6 centimeters long. Their edges curl under, and they are hairy, especially on the undersides. A cluster of smaller leaves may occur in the axils of each main leaf.
The inflorescence is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. The inflorescence is coated in fluffy, woolly hairs in shades of blue, pink and purple. Each flower has a hairy calyx of pointed sepals and a tubular, lipped purple corolla, the main lower lip measuring up to a centimeter in length. The four stamens are long and curved, measuring up to 2.5 centimeters long.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=8037 Calflora Database: Trichostema parishii (Parish's bluecurls)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=46996 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trichostema parishii]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Trichostema+parishii UC Photos gallery: Trichostema parishii]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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