Trichostema parishii

Trichostema parishii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Parish's bluecurls.^[2][3][4]

Trichostema parishii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Trichostema
Species:	T. parishii
Binomial name
Trichostema parishii Vasey

Distribution

It is native to the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges of southern California and south into Baja California.^[2][3]

Its habitat includes chaparral and coastal sage scrub.^[3] It grows at 600–2,000 metres (2,000–6,600 ft) in elevation.^[2]

Description

Trichostema parishii is a shrub that grows to a maximum height around 12 decimetres (3.9 ft).^[2]

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.

Its bloom period is from March to May.^[2]