''Trichostema simulatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the

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known by the common name Siskiyou bluecurls. It is found n the western United States, where it is native to the southern

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in northern

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and southern

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, and in the northern

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of California. It grows in open and generally sandy or gravelly sites of

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s and adjacent

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s, at in elevation.

Description

''Trichostema simulatum'' is an annual herb grows up to about tall. Its aromatic foliage is coated in long and short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The lance-shaped leaves are 2 to 5 centimeters long. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...

s with triangular points and a tubular, lipped purple corolla. The four protruding

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s are curved.

References

External links

Calflora Database: ''Trichostema simulatum'' (Siskiyou bluecurls)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Trichostema simulatum''UC Photos gallery: ''Trichostema simulatum''
simulatum Flora of California Flora of Oregon Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Endemic flora of the United States Taxa named by Willis Linn Jepson Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lamiaceae-stub