Trichostema brachiatum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLamiaceae
Family (Traditional)Lamiaceae
GenusTrichostema
Species:Trichostema brachiatum L.
Common NameFluxweed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Blue; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Type: Nutlet; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value 6
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Isanthus brachiatus Isanthus brachiatus (L.) B.S.P.
Isanthus brachiatus var. linearis Isanthus brachiatus var. linearis Fassett
Isanthus coeruleus Isanthus coeruleus

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Bullitt (KY), Carlisle (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Crittenden (KY), Cumberland (KY), Estill (KY), Garrard (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Kenton (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Simpson (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Webster (KY), Anderson (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Stewart (TN), Trousdale (TN), Van Buren (TN), Wayne (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1909 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100494325 Kenton Kentucky 22 Sep 1979 John W. Thieret
51164
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494309 Garrard Kentucky 02 Oct 2010 W. W. Overbeck
934
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494390 Madison Kentucky 09 Sep 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-955
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494358 Madison Kentucky 15 Oct 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-803
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494283 Estill Kentucky 01 Aug 1978 Carol Williams
s.n.
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494408 Todd Kentucky 23 Aug 1976 Raymond Athey
3687
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494341 Madison Kentucky 16 Aug 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-871
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494275 Estill Kentucky 18 Jul 1978 Carol Williams
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
N/A Rutherford Tennessee 21 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5152
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494333 Livingston Kentucky 08 Sep 1970 Raymond Athey
1237
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494382 Madison Kentucky 05 Oct 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3385
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494267 Estill Kentucky 27 Aug 1978 William H. Martin
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494424 Warren Kentucky 28 Aug 1980 George P. Johnson
1398
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494242 Barren Kentucky 13 Sep 1986 George P. Johnson
2084
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494366 Madison Kentucky 31 Aug 1995 Gary W. Libby
OB-973
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494416 Warren Kentucky 28 Aug 1980 George P. Johnson
1384
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494317 Grayson Kentucky 09 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5404
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100723236 Garrard Kentucky 22 Aug 2010 W. W. Overbeck
721
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494374 Carter Kentucky 26 Sep 1986 Allison W. Cusick
25994
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494259 Cumberland Kentucky 05 Oct 1997 James B. Beck, R. C. Clark, C. L. Tilton, C. J. Weckman
393
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494432 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Aug 1980 R. Hannan and L. R. Phillippe
05152
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
31234100494291 Estill Kentucky 10 Sep 1978 William H. Martin
EKY
Isanthus brachiatus
BEREA016179 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Trichostema brachiatum
BEREA016181 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Trichostema brachiatum
BEREA016182 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Trichostema brachiatum
BEREA016183 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Trichostema brachiatum
BEREA016180 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Trichostema brachiatum
31973000015130 DeKalb Tennessee
KNK
Trichostema brachiatum
31973000015131 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Trichostema brachiatum
TENN-V-0186491 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186502 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186493 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186528 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186507 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186511 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186529 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186500 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186506 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186463 Robertson Kentucky
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186504 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186525 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186523 Trousdale Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186521 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186513 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186489 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186495 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186492 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186509 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186532 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186478 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186488 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186494 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186490 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186520 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186508 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186512 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186486 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186510 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186514 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186527 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186497 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186516 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186474 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186526 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186524 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186517 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186519 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186482 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186485 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186476 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186530 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186481 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186503 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186522 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186479 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186473 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186534 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186487 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186477 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186533 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186483 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186515 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186518 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186494TENN-V-0186495 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186498 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186480 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186505 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186475 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186464 Todd Kentucky
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186496 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186501 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186531 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186499 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
TENN-V-0186484 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Isanthus brachiatus
UCHT023684 Tennessee
UCHT
Isanthus brachiatus
UCHT023681 Humphreys Tennessee
UCHT
Isanthus brachiatus
UCHT023685 Tennessee
UCHT
Isanthus brachiatus
UCHT023686 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Trichostema brachiatum
UCHT023683 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Isanthus brachiatus
UCHT023682 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Isanthus brachiatus
APSC0051820 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0071470 Pulaski Kentucky 22 Aug 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011618 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0041344 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011609 Trigg Kentucky 08 Oct 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011614 Montgomery Tennessee 21 Oct 1947 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011616 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0069577 Pulaski Kentucky 30 Sep 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011615 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0102780 DeKalb Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0103029 DeKalb Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0010572 Stewart Tennessee 31 Aug 1991 James Joyner
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011608 Trigg Kentucky 06 Sep 2003 Ralph Thompson
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0083099 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0083102 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0054209 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0048610 Robertson Kentucky Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0106552 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011617 Montgomery Tennessee 18 Oct 1984 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011613 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0067697 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011607 Stewart Tennessee 10 Oct 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011605 Trigg Kentucky 15 Sep 1983 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011606 Stewart Tennessee 17 Jun 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011604 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011619 Christian Kentucky 25 Oct 1960 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0076889 Franklin Tennessee 30 Sep 1984 Max Medley
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0042295 Robertson Kentucky 22 Oct 1972 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0079809 Logan Kentucky 10 Oct 1984 John Macgregor
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0083101 Robertson Kentucky 29 Sep 1980 Max Medley
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0065125 Simpson Kentucky 27 Jul 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011610 Trigg Kentucky 05 Sep 1984 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011611 Trigg Kentucky 29 Oct 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0083103 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0086602 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0106553 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0083100 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0011612 Hamilton Tennessee 26 Aug 2012 Mason Brock
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0069602 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0013337 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
APSC0102158 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Trichostema brachiatum
HTTU028237 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028240 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028238 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU027982 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU027981 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028241 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028235 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028232 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028231 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU027771 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU027980 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028239 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU028236 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU021372 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
MTSU024255 Rutherford Tennessee 22 Jul 1994 Terri Hogan
MTSU
Isanthus brachiatus
N/A Davidson Tennessee 24 Sep 1909 W. W. Eggleston
5166
UCHT
Trichostema brachiatum
UCHT040514 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Isanthus brachiatus
UOS03475 Franklin Tennessee 16 Sep 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Trichostema brachiatum
BRIT128219 Tennessee
VDB
Trichostema brachiatum
BEREA025600 Webster Kentucky
BEREA
Isanthus brachiatus
ETSU008499 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Isanthus brachiatus
HTTU036523 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Isanthus brachiatus
MEM004381 Trigg Kentucky 10 Sep 1968 Raymond Athey
440
MEM
Trichostema brachiatum
MEM012319 Carlisle Kentucky 18 Oct 1977 Raymond Athey
3901
MEM
Trichostema brachiatum
MEM020314 Humphreys Tennessee 25 Sep 1987 R. Kral
74528
MEM
Trichostema brachiatum
MEM007161 Crittenden Kentucky 16 Aug 1968 Raymond Athey
402
MEM
Trichostema brachiatum
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Trichostema brachiatum - Theo Witsell
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Trichostema brachiatum - Theo Witsell
Trichostema brachiatum - Theo Witsell
Trichostema brachiatum - Theo Witsell
Trichostema brachiatum - Theo Witsell
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