Trichostema parishii

Parish's bluecurls

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Parish's bluecurls is a California native shrub found in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges in coastal scrub and chaparral at elevations of 600 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces blue to pink or white flowers with a curved corolla tube 4 to 7 millimeters long. Growing up to 1.2 meters tall with short, appressed hairs on its stems, it forms a compact shrubby structure with distinctive linear leaves. Its leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters long, green on top, gray-hairy underneath, with margins rolled under, and smaller leaves often clustered in the axils. The plant features stamens extending 15 to 25 millimeters beyond its flowers, creating a delicate, distinctive appearance.

Habitat: Coastal scrub, chaparral

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 600-2000 m

Bioregions: TR, PR

California counties: San Bernardino, San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange, Trinity, Imperial, Kern, Ventura, Colusa

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.