Trichostema dichotomum

Family:LAMIACEAE
Species:Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
Common Name:Forked Bluecurls; Common Bluecurls; Bastard Pennyroyal
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:TRDI2
Plant Notes:Forked Bluecurls is a native herbaceous annual in the Mint family (Lamiaceae). It can be found throughout the state. Forked Bluecurls occurs in in dry, often sandy woodlands, in old fields, in clear cuts, and around rock outcrops. It is an annual with a tap root. The stems are erect, green to reddish-brown in color, somewhat angled, pubescent, glandular, and freely branched. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate in outline, pubescent, with entire or crenate margins. Flowers are produced in panicles of cymes. Each individual flower is subtended by a pair of small bracts. The calyx is 2-lipped, with the lower lip longer than the upper. The lower lip has 3 teeth and the upper has 2 teeth. The corolla is 5-lobed with the lower lobe elongate. The corolla lobes are blue in color with the lower lobe spotted with white and purple. There are 4 long stamens that curl downwards. The fruit is a brown, wrinkled mericarp. Forked Bluecurls flowers open in the early morning and wither before noon except on cloudy days.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyLAMIACEAE - Mint family
Genus Trichostema
Species Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus - Forked Bluecurls; Common Bluecurls; Bastard Pennyroyal

Citation

Citation TRICHOSTEMA DICHOTOMUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 598. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 750.1). Lectotypified by Reveal et al., Huntia 7: 216. 1987.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Trichostema dichotomum var. puberulum Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus, var. puberulum Fernald & Griscom, in Fernald, Rhodora 39: 445. 1937. FLORIDA: Duval Co.: Near Jacksonville, s.d., Curtiss 1976 (holotype: GH).
Trichostema pilosum Trichostema pilosum Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 280. 1821.  
Trichostema suffrutescens Trichostema suffrutescens Kearney, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 483. 1894. FLORIDA: Lake Co.: Vicinity of Eustis, 1-15 May 1894, Nash 625 (holotype: NY; isotype: US).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pickens, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1973 - 2016

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0034000 Clarke 24 Sep 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9803
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000026726 Marengo 01 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1251
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48996 Coffee 17 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5536
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
UWAL0015325 Sumter 21 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6274
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000006688 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18324
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_23093 Clarke 3 Oct 1971 Henley, Nancy S.
105
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128647 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18458
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000009171 Dale 21 May 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
681
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0052406 Sumter 18 Oct 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10484
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0037083 Baldwin 30 Sep 2017 Bryson, Charles T.
25427
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
JSU128639 Etowah 3 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3442
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00069361 Marengo 01 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1251
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
AUA_ACC_4182 Lee 30 Sep 1932 Smith, E.V.
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
TROY000048951 Clarke 24 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6257
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_37481 Cherokee 27 Aug 1981 Henderson, T.
481
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128632 Calhoun 13 Sep 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000033480 Barbour 17 Sep 2011 Morrison, Derek
82
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000051323 Autauga 05 Oct 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8646
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000021147 Sumter 29 Sep 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3107
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_73883 Covington 21 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4466
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
UWAL0043818 Baldwin 26 Sep 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
927
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UNA00040810 Bibb 11 Sep 1985 Horn, Charles N.
861
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0010192 Houston 26 Sep 2006 Kral, Robert
97670
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000044754 Geneva 27 Aug 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1445
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00061014 Lee 27 Sep 2001 Hansen, Curtis J.
2001-69
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
USAM000007938 Mobile 29 Oct 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4911
USAM
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000020560 Escambia 16 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20297
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0050136 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1276
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_49008 Bullock 5 Sep 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5473
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128643 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10022
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00040809 Pickens 24 Sep 1985 Horn, Charles N.
990
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
JSU128638 DeKalb 6 Oct 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34969 Tallapoosa 25 Sep 1977 Sessler, Ann
1912
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128642 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7352
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0056091 Sumter 20 Sep 2022 Keener, Brian R.
12658
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0052105 Cherokee 26 Sep 2020 Keener, Brian R.
11994
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000021146 St. Clair 28 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4911
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_59006 Crenshaw 18 Oct 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11493
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
UWAL0015351 Clarke 24 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6257
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000030869 Lee 30 Sep 1932 Smith, E.V.
s.n.
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0006561 Sumter 29 Sep 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3107
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
JSU128636 Clarke 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18738
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006684 Dale 30 Sep 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
388
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0043817 Baldwin 16 Aug 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
328
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0049139 Bullock 30 Sep 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3590
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
USAM000007937 Greene 20 Oct 1979 LeLong, Michel G.
11008
USAM
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
JSU128641 Etowah 3 Sep 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3479
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00040807 Bibb 16 Sep 1985 Horn, Charles N.
905
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0034483 Escambia 03 Oct 1994 Kral, Robert
84244
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UNA00040811 Baldwin 21 Oct 1973 Wright, D.
190
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
AUA_ACC_37587 Escambia 6 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
710
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128640 Etowah 18 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7352
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00073079 Dallas 20 Oct 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
517
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
JSU144415 Calhoun 25 Sep 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
998
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006683 Dale 01 Sep 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
85
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_64000 Coffee 23 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1675
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128633 Calhoun 31 Aug 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1104
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0036512 Tuscaloosa 30 Sep 2017 England, J. Kevin
8505
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000020896 Houston 25 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20113
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_35348 Butler 16 Sep 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
UNA00040806 Mobile 8 Sep _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
SAMF0006710 Blount 20 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4876
SAMF
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
JSU128645 Marshall 14 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2668
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_25665 Geneva 6 Oct 1968 Kral, Robert
33798
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128646 Marshall 30 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2786
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00048850 Lamar 06 Oct 1987 McDaniel, Sidney
29580
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000006687 Houston 10 Nov 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17221
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
SAMF0006714 Shelby 12 Oct 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4569
SAMF
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0031047 Escambia 17 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26830
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006675 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14126
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_28668 Cleburne 12 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1704
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128637 DeKalb 14 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7426
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_43905 Conecuh 15 Sep 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1802
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
TROY000020895 Crenshaw 07 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19934
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00066200 Houston 10 Nov 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17221
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UNA00074096 Coosa 8 Sep 1978 Boyd, Bonnie
H107
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000020897 Houston 25 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20208
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_41783 Macon 5 Oct 1973 Flournoy, Denise R.
078
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
UNA00064061 Cherokee 07 Sep 1986 Whetstone, R.D.
15636
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0006559 Pike 02 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20396
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000006682 Covington 22 Sep 2002 Thomason, Kenneth
6
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_23092 DeKalb 11 Sep 1971 Little, Jackie A.
018
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128635 Cherokee 7 Sep 1986 Whetstone, R. David
15636
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
ALNHS00000682 Monroe 05 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-410
ALNHS
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000020894 Barbour 11 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19948
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_50556 Dale 20 Sep 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8461
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
UWAL0034432 Geneva 02 Oct 1994 Kral, Robert
84205
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000043166 Escambia 17 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26830
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
JSU128629 Calhoun 10 Sep 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
865
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000049653 Autauga 21 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1276
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_73698 Escambia 22 Oct 2009 Hansen, Curtis J.
4572
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128648 Talladega 28 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5337
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00053444 Tuscaloosa 20 Sep 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
1225
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0035853 Blount 14 Sep 2013 Anderson, Kelly
514
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000006679 Conecuh 25 Sep 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12682
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34418 Escambia 10 Oct 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
TROY000006676 Butler 29 Sep 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13673
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
JSU138674 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9382
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_51391 Coffee 6 Oct 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6466
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128634 Cherokee 22 Sep 1999 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10729
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00054455 Blount 06 Sep 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1625
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000020712 Cherokee 22 Aug 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
226
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
SAMF0006711 Marion 05 Oct 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4542
SAMF
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0019699 Montgomery 14 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25508
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000038300 Geneva 04 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24603
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0033952 Choctaw 09 Oct 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9839
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000033798 Bullock 28 Sep 2011 Dykes, Bailee
169
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00012591 Tuscaloosa s.d. Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0010423 Bullock 28 Sep 2011 Dykes, Bailee
169
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000041913 Montgomery 14 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25508
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_51847 Bullock 28 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6444
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128628 Baldwin 21 Oct 1973 Pringle, G.
196
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000035391 Houston 26 Sep 2006 Kral, Robert
97670
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0006560 St. Clair 28 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4911
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0006557 Covington 09 Nov 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20434
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0033844 Autauga 05 Oct 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8646
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006686 Geneva 13 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62990
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
SAMF0006712 Bibb 27 Sep 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4075
SAMF
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006689 Monroe 24 Oct 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17141
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_37725 Monroe 13 Oct 1981 Henderson, T.
744
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128631 Calhoun 13 Sep 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006678 Coffee 17 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
223
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0006558 Marengo 01 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1251
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000006681 Covington 13 Oct 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15932
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_19177 Baldwin 10 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
1070
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
TROY000006685 Geneva 08 Oct 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17041
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00056261 Geneva 04 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12212
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
AUA_ACC_54066 Pike 27 Sep 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9396
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128644 Jefferson 5 Oct 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
1126
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006690 Pike 11 Nov 1999 Hall, James A.
19
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0008882 Blount 20 Sep 2011 Davenport, L.J.
4876
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0014914 Geneva 04 Oct 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24603
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UNA00066895 Sumter 29 Sep 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3107
UNA
Trichostema dichotomum L.
UWAL0032086 Houston 15 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26920
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006677 Butler 09 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12118
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
UWAL0057505 Chambers 07 Oct 2016 Hansen, Curtis J.
6177
UWAL
Trichostema dichotomum L.
TROY000035360 Pike 11 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23333
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_59944 Lee 27 Sep 2001 Hansen, Curtis J.
2001-69
AUA
Trichostema Dichotomum L.
JSU128630 Calhoun 13 Sep 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.
JSU
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
TROY000006680 Conecuh 30 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12146
TROY
Trichostema dichotomum Linnaeus
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