Blue Curls Flower Blue Curls Leaves Blue Curls Stem Blue Curls Plant Blue Curls Plant

Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Blue Curls.
Trichostema arizonicum.
Mint (Lamiaceae) family.

The flowers are in loose, axillary clusters. The individual flowers have 5 lobes and an arc of 4 curling stamens that are up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) long. The lowest flower lobe is dark violet-blue with ruffled edges, while the other 4 lobes are white. The leaves are small, green, opposite, and oblong to ovate in shape.

Santa Catalina Mountains.
Location: Bug Spring Trail.
5/14/15

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