| Trichostema simulatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Teucrioideae |
| Genus: | Trichostema |
| Species: | T. simulatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichostema simulatum Jeps. |
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Trichostema simulatum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Siskiyou bluecurls. It is native to Oregon and northern California as far south as the northern half of the Sierra Nevada. It grows in open areas in forest, woodland, and other habitat. This annual herb grows up to about 40 centimeters tall, its aromatic herbage coated in long and short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The lance-shaped leaves are 2 to 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of sepals with triangular points and a tubular, lipped purple corolla. The four protruding stamens are curved.