Trichostema nesophilum, known as dune blue curls, Bald Head blue curls, and Carolina blue curls, is a species of flowering plant endemic to coastal dune grasslands in the southeastern United States.[1][2][3] It was first formally described in 2019 by R. Kevan S. McClelland and Alan S. Weakley in the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.[2] The specific epithet nesophilum is from the Greek for "island" and "loving", named for its habitat—barrier islands along the coasts of North Carolina and South Carolina.[2]
| Trichostema nesophilum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Trichostema |
| Species: | T. nesophilum
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichostema nesophilum K.S. McClell. & Weakley
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References
edit- ^ Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- ^ a b c Weakley, Alan S.; Schoonover McClelland, R. Kevan; LeBlond, Richard J.; Bradley, Keith A.; Matthews, James F.; Anderson, Chad; Franck, Alan R; Lange, James (2019). "Studies in the Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States: V" (PDF). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 13 (1): 107–129. doi:10.17348/jbrit.v13.i1.832. S2CID 244513799.
- ^ Weakley, Alan S. (6 November 2020), Assembly of the Native Flora of the Southeastern United States — an Evolutionary Tale, Ohio University Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
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