Trichostema parishii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Parish's bluecurls.[1] [2]
It is native to the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges of southern California and south into Baja California.[1] [2]
Its habitat includes chaparral and coastal sage scrub.[2] It grows at 600m-2000mm (2,000feet-7,000feetm) in elevation.[1]
Trichostema parishii is a shrub that grows to a maximum height around 12dm.[1]
Its aromatic herbage coated in short glandular and nonglandular hairs. The linear leaves are up to 6 centimeters long. Their edges curl under, and they are hairy, especially on the undersides. A cluster of smaller leaves may occur in the axils of each main leaf.
The inflorescence is a long cyme of flowers growing from the stem between each leaf pair. The inflorescence is coated in fluffy, woolly hairs in shades of blue, pink and purple. Each flower has a hairy calyx of pointed sepals and a tubular, lipped purple corolla, the main lower lip measuring up to a centimeter in length. The four stamens are long and curved, measuring up to 2.5 centimeters long.
Its bloom period is from March to May.[1]