Forked Bluecurls

Noted for fragrance.  Trichostema setaceum is similar but less common in central and southern Florida.

There are now at least 4 different Trichostema species being recognized in Florida.  Please get your plants locally given that we do not know how closely related these newly identified taxa may be, and we do not want to accidentally cause introgression between closely related species and subspecies.



Wildflower garden. Appreciated for its interesting flowers and nectar plant. Grow as an annual.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).

May seed overly enthusiastically.

Scrub, xeric hammock, overgrown sandhill, flatwoods.

• Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
• Attracts various pollinators, especially bees..  Documented bees include Caupolicana electa and  Dialictus placidensis (Deyrup et al. 2002).