Trichostema micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common name smallflower bluecurls.
The plant is native to Southern California, northwestern Arizona, and northern Baja California state.[1] In California populations are found in the San Bernardino Mountains and San Emigdio Mountains of the Transverse Ranges.[2]
Its habitat includes meadow wetlands and riparian riverbanks, often in white fir (Abies concolor) and Yellow pine forest habitats. It grows at 1500m-2500mm (4,900feet-8,200feetm) in elevation.
Trichostema micranthum is an annual herb growing to under 3dm in maximum height.
Its aromatic foliage is coated in short, glandular and nonglandular hairs. The pointed oval or lance-shaped leaves are up to 4.5 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a series of clusters of flowers located at each leaf pair. Each flower has a hairy calyx of pointed sepals and a tubular, lipped purple corolla a few millimeters in length. The four stamens are sometimes protrude from the lips of the corolla.