San Jacinto Bluecurls
Trichostema austromontanum
A mountain bluecurls with the family’s signature flower — blue-violet, with stamens arching far out and curling over like a drawn bow. Aromatic when brushed. A specialist of seasonally wet meadow edges in the Southern California ranges.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, NV