The colors below indicate the kind of documentation available for this species
in the California counties where it occurs.
Bluecurls Trichostema oblongum (Lamiaceae)
There has been a long history of coevolution between flowering plants and their pollinating agents. Each group of flower visiting animals is associated with a special group of floral features that are in turn related to the visual and olfactory senses of the animals they attract. The large-flowered species of Trichostema are pollinated by bees or hummingbirds. The small-flowered species like T. oblongum, however, produce little or no nectar and attract relatively few flower visitors. The anthers of this Bluecurl are adjacent to the stigma and self-pollination results from the stigma brushing against freshly dehisced anthers.
DISTRIBUTION: Dry meadow margins and streambanks from the North Coast to the Klamath and Cascade Ranges, Modoc Plateau and the Sierra Nevada; 100-3000 m.
