Trichostema fruticosum K.S. McClelland. Section: Trichostema. Common name: Bushy Blue Curls. Phenology: Apr-Dec. Habitat: Openings in mesic to xeric and maritime hammocks, upland mixed woodland. Distribution: Coastal MS and AL across the FL panhandle to ne. FL and se. GA, south to sw. peninsular FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = McClelland, Weakley, & Poindexter (2023), (basionym); < Trichostema dichotomum L. — Bah, Fl6, K4, SFla, WH3, Lewis (1945), ("pubescence type B"); >< Trichostema dichotomum L. var. puberulum Fernald & Griscom — F; < Trichostema species 2 — McClelland & Weakley (2019) in Weakley et al (2019a); < Trichostema suffrutescens Kearney — Lewis (1945)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
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