Trichostema nesophilum

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Trichostema nesophilum
Status TNC G2.svg
Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Trichostema
Species:
T. nesophilum
Binomial name
Trichostema nesophilum
K.S. McClell. & Weakley

Trichostema nesophilum, known as dune blue curls, Bald Head blue curls, and Carolina blue curls, is a species of flowering plant endemic to coastal dune grasslands in the southeastern United States. [2] [3] [4] It was first formally described in 2019 by R. Kevan S. McClelland and Alan S. Weakley in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. [3] The specific epithet nesophilum is from the Greek for "island" and "loving", named for its habitat—barrier islands along the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Trichostema nesophilum". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  3. 1 2 3 Weakley, Alan S.; Schoonover McClelland, R. Kevan; LeBlond, Richard J.; Bradley, Keith A.; Matthews, James F.; Anderson, Chad; Franck, Alan R; Lange, James (2019). "Studies in the Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States: V" (PDF). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 13 (1): 107–129. doi:10.17348/jbrit.v13.i1.832. S2CID   244513799.
  4. ↑ Weakley, Alan S. (6 November 2020), Assembly of the Native Flora of the Southeastern United States — an Evolutionary Tale, Ohio University Department of Environmental and Plant Biology


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