| Trichostema rubisepalum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Trichostema |
| Species: | T. rubisepalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichostema rubisepalum | |
Trichostema rubisepalum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Hernandez's bluecurls. [1]
The plant is endemic to California. It has a disjunct distribution occurring in two main locations: the southern Diablo Range in southern San Benito County, and the western Sierra Nevada foothills, primarily within Mariposa County and Tuolumne County. [2]
The species is a strict serpentine endemic of the Red Hills Serpentine Mass in Tuolumne County and the New Idria Serpentine Mass, Laguna Mountain Serpentine Mass, and Hepsedam Peak Serpentine Mass in southern San Benito County. Its habitat consists of seasonally moist areas including seasonal seeps and stream and river bed edges on serpentine substrates.
Trichostema rubisepalum is annual herb that grows to approximately 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in maximum height. Its aromatic foliage is coated in long and short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped.
The inflorescence is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of pointed sepals which often take on a dark red coloration. The flower has a tubular throat and a lipped, purple corolla. The four protruding, curved stamens are about half a centimeter long.
Its bloom period is from June to July.
Trichostema lanceolatum, with the common names vinegarweed and camphor weed, is an annual flowering herb of the mint family native to western North America.
Trichostema lanatum, the woolly bluecurls, is a small evergreen shrub or sub-shrub native to arid coastal chaparral regions of California and the northern parts of Baja California.
Salix delnortensis is a species of willow known by the common name Del Norte willow.
Hooveria purpurea is a species of flowering plant related to the agaves known by the common name purple amole. This species of soap plant is endemic to California, where it grows in the Santa Lucia Range, in the Central Coast region. There are two varieties of this plant, and both are believed to be quite rare. It is a federally listed threatened species.
Allium tuolumnense is a rare species of wild onion, known by the common name Rawhide Hill onion.
Allium howellii is a North American species of wild onion known by the common name Howell's onion. It is endemic to California.
Trichostema dichotomum, commonly known as forked bluecurls, is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). The plant is found in the Midwestern and Eastern United States, Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas.
Arctostaphylos obispoensis is a species of manzanita, known by the common names bishop manzanita and serpentine manzanita, endemic to California.
Camissonia benitensis is a species of evening primrose known by the common names San Benito suncup and San Benito evening primrose. It is endemic to the Diablo Range of the South Coast Ranges of California, where its range includes far southern San Benito County, far western Fresno County, and far eastern Monterey County.
Eryngium pinnatisectum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, known by the common names Tuolumne eryngo and Tuolumne button celery.
Lomatium congdonii, known by the common names Mariposa desertparsley and Congdon's lomatium, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family.
Solidago guiradonis is an uncommon species of goldenrod known by the common name Guirado goldenrod. It is native to the Central California Coast Ranges of central California, in southern San Benito and western Fresno Counties.
Trichostema austromontanum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Jacinto bluecurls. It is native to California from the mountains east of the Sierra Nevada to the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges, its distribution extending south into Baja California. It occurs in wet mountain meadows and on the shores of lakes. It is an annual herb approaching half a meter in maximum height, its aromatic herbage coated in glandular and nonglandular hairs. The elongated or lance-shaped leaves are 2 to 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a series of clusters of flowers located at each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of pointed sepals and a tubular, lipped purple corolla. The four stamens are long and curved.
Trichostema laxum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common name turpentine weed from the foliage's scent.
Trichostema micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common name smallflower bluecurls.
Trichostema oblongum, known by the common names oblong bluecurls and mountain bluecurls, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family.
Trichostema ovatum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Joaquin bluecurls.
Trichostema parishii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Parish's bluecurls.
Trichostema ruygtii, with the common name Napa bluecurls, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. It was first described to science in 2006.
Trichostema simulatum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Siskiyou bluecurls.