Trichostema dichotomum

Classification	Dicots
Family	Lamiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Trichostema
Species:	Trichostema dichotomum L.
Common Name	Forked Bluecurls
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; 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: 2; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value	4
Status	Native; AGCP (UPL), EMP (UPL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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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.

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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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: Allen (KY), Breathitt (KY), Butler (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Clay (KY), Crittenden (KY), Floyd (KY), Graves (KY), Greenup (KY), Jackson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Lee (KY), Lincoln (KY), Livingston (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (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: 1966 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100516283	Cumberland	Tennessee	06 Sep 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5413	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516259	Warren	Kentucky	19 Sep 1972	Kenneth A. Nicely 3986	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516218	Laurel	Kentucky	15 Sep 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-793	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016190	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016184	Clay	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186558	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186581	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186575	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186567	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186554	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186553	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186552	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186560	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186580	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186574	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016191	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
31973000015132	Greenup	Kentucky			KNK Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186585	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186556	Henry	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186545	Davidson	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186577	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186578	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186571	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186548	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186550	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186587	White	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186566	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186584	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010576	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0032403	Cheatham	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516143	Carlisle	Kentucky	26 Sep 1979	Raymond Athey 4504	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516176	Caldwell	Kentucky	26 Sep 1978	Richard H. Hannan 012-00392	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516184	Jackson	Kentucky	19 Jul 1979	Richard H. Hannan 3191	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	02 Aug 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186579	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186563	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186634	Carlisle	Kentucky			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186635	Rockcastle	Kentucky			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186583	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186561	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186568	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023688	Grundy	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023691	Carlisle	Kentucky			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010560	Trigg	Kentucky	06 Sep 2003	Ralph Thompson	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0107436	Franklin	Tennessee	20 Oct 2018	Claire Ciafre	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516192	Jackson	Kentucky	19 Jul 1979	Richard H. Hannan 3191	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516234	Lincoln	Kentucky	30 Sep 2003	Timothy J. Weckman 8287	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100709474	Livingston	Kentucky	08 Sep 1970	Raymond Athey 1236	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016186	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186544	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186542	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186557	Jackson	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186582	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186555	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023696	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010555	Lyon	Kentucky	22 Aug 1985	Edward Chester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010553	Trigg	Kentucky	23 Aug 1984	Edward Chester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010567	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010570	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010574	Henry	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516200	Laurel	Kentucky	15 Oct 1988	Ralph L. Thompson 88-2801	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516242	Livingston	Kentucky	08 Sep 1970	Raymond Athey 1236	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016192	Trigg	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016188	Lee	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
ETSU005755	Unicoi	Tennessee	23 Oct 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186546	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186549	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186570	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186565	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186564	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186538	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0085136	Allen	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010552	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010550	Trigg	Kentucky	06 Sep 1966	Eugene Wofford	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0106550	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516226	Lawrence	Kentucky	07 Sep 2003	Romie Hughart	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516291	Jackson	Tennessee	04 May 1979	Thomas S. patrick 2464	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016189	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186535	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186547	Fayette	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186540	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186562	McNairy	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186586	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186576	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186559	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010561	Carlisle	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010569	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0085134	Allen	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0068338	Calloway	Kentucky	17 Sep 2016	Mason Brock	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516150	Butler	Kentucky	11 Sep 1992	Landon E. McKinney 5277	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186536	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186543	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186569	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023692	Cumberland	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023690	Carlisle	Kentucky			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0092429	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010551	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010568	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010548	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010563	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010577	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010549	Trigg	Kentucky	13 Sep 1966	Bill Forrester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
MTSU020468	Coffee	Tennessee	20 Sep 1987	Landon E. McKinney	MTSU Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128248		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
31234100516168	Caldwell	Kentucky	09 Sep 1992	Landon E. McKinney 5208	EKY Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016187	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
BEREA016185	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186551	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186539	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186537	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186573	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186541	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0080403	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010556	Lyon	Kentucky	11 Aug 1986	Edward Chester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010564	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0069475	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT036427	Carlisle	Kentucky			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
N/A	Coffee	Tennessee	10 Sep 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128220		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
TENN-V-0186572	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023687	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT023693	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010566	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010575	Humphreys	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010557	Lyon	Kentucky	10 Sep 1987	Edward Chester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0079493	Floyd	Kentucky	12 Sep 1988		APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010573	Benton	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0104849	Caldwell	Kentucky	07 Jul 2018	Mason Brock	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020492	McCreary	Kentucky			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020497	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020489	Wilson	Tennessee			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128242		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128245		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128230		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010565	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0079553	Breathitt	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020493		Kentucky			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128221		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128223		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128241		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128244		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128239		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
MEM007059	Calloway	Kentucky	31 Aug 1972	Raymond Athey 2075	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128240		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128224		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128227		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128229		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
ETSU026785	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19941	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
ETSU019125	Washington	Tennessee	01 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
MEM002768	Caldwell	Kentucky	12 Oct 1967	Raymond Athey 56	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0106551	Rockcastle	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020496	Hamilton	Tennessee			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128238		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128237		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128232		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128243		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
ETSU008505	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
MEM013417	Crittenden	Kentucky	14 Sep 1977	Raymond Athey 3817	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
MEM007148	McCracken	Kentucky	01 Sep 1971	Raymond Athey 1504	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010578	Todd	Kentucky	26 Aug 1968	Edward Chester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010554	Trigg	Kentucky	03 Sep 1985	Edward Chester	APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010559	Stewart	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT034416	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT034414	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
UOS03674	Franklin	Tennessee	18 Sep 1999	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128246		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128247		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128233		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128234		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128236		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010558	Lyon	Kentucky	14 Sep 1987		APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0103014	Warren	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
UOS03678	Coffee	Tennessee	10 Sep 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128225		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	16 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
MEM006387	Marshall	Kentucky	07 Sep 1971	Raymond Athey 1514	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
MEM012807	Lyon	Kentucky	03 Oct 1977	Raymond Athey 3863	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
MEM007618	Graves	Kentucky	23 Aug 1973	Raymond Athey 2505	MEM Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128228		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128231		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128222		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010571	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0010562	Bradley	Tennessee			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
APSC0068676	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020491	Calloway	Kentucky			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
HTTU020494	Calloway	Kentucky			HTTU Trichostema dichotomum
UCHT034415	Bradley	Tennessee			UCHT Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128226		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128235		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
BRIT128249		Tennessee			VDB Trichostema dichotomum
ETSU027239	Sullivan	Tennessee	23 Aug 2018	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker, Sollie Walker 18325	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
ETSU024856	Unicoi	Tennessee	14 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Trichostema dichotomum
MEM006642	Carroll	Tennessee	25 Sep 1971	Robert Ross 27	MEM Trichostema dichotomum

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