Trichostema dichotomum
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Forked Bluecurls
Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Flower | |
| Size: | 2-3 ft tall by 1-2 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Annual | |
| Flower Color: | Blue | |
| Fruit Color: | NA | |
| Noted for: | Aroma, Fragrance, Showy flowers |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Wildflower garden. Appreciated for its interesting flowers and nectar plant. Grow as an annual. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | May seed overly enthusiastically. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Seed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales, Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Adaptable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
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| Insects: | Attracts various pollinators, especially bees.. Documented bees include Caupolicana electa and Dialictus placidensis (Deyrup et al. 2002). | |
| Native Habitats: | Scrub, xeric hammock, overgrown sandhill, flatwoods. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| 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.
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