Trichostema simulatum

Trichostema simulatum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Siskiyou bluecurls.

It is native to the southern Cascade Range in northern California and southern Oregon, and in the northern Sierra Nevada in California.

It grows in open and generally sandy or gravelly sites of Yellow pine forests and adjacent habitats, 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 is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of sepals with triangular points and a tubular, lipped purple corolla. The four protruding stamens are curved.

References

External links
Calflora Database: Trichostema simulatum (Siskiyou bluecurls)
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Trichostema simulatum
UC Photos gallery: Trichostema simulatum

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Category:Flora of California
Category:Flora of Oregon
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
Category:Endemic flora of the United States
Category:Taxa named by Willis Linn Jepson