Trichostema lanatum

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Trichostema lanatum

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Teucrioideae
Genus: Trichostema
Species: T. lanatum
Binomial name
Trichostema lanatum
Benth.

Trichostema lanatum (romero or Woolly Blue Curls) is a small evergreen shrub or sub-shrub native to arid coastal regions of California. It is many-branched and grows to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, with narrow, pointed green leaves. The smooth-petaled blue flowers are born in dense clusters, with the stem and calyces covered in woolly hairs of blue, pink, or white.