Common Name:

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Family:

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Form:

Size:

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B,11

Wildlife:

Attracts various pollinators, especially bees..  Documented bees include  Caupolicana electa and  Dialictus placidensis (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Native Habitats:

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Noted for fragrance.  Trichostema setaceum is similar but less common in central and southern Florida.

There are now at least 4 different Trichostema species being recognized in Florida.  Please get your plants locally given that we do not know how closely related these newly identified taxa may be, and we do not want to accidentally cause introgression between closely related species and subspecies.