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Photographer: Sue R. Crispin
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Family Lamiaceae
Trichostema brachiatum L.
false-pennyroyal, fluxweed
Trichostema: from trichos, "hair," and stema, "stamens," and alluding to the hair-like stamens
brachiatum: from bracchium, the arm (less correctly: brachium)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 8"-16" tall, aromatic forb, finely hairy; stems square with many branches |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 1/4" long, bell-like, almost regular, lower lip long and curved downward;  inflorescence 1 to 3 flowers from the leaf axils; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, short-stalked, elliptical to lance-shaped |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, barrens |
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