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narrow-leaf blue curls

Trichostema setaceum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 16, February 17, March 16, April 23, May 19, June 11, July 10, August 9, September 12, October 14, November 11, December 13.
United States817
Georgia170
Alabama135
South Carolina77
North Carolina68
Mississippi25
Missouri21
Tennessee20
Maryland19
Texas18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
Genusbluecurls · Trichostema

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise narrow-leaf blue curls with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.