Trichostema arizonicum
Trichostema Purpusii
 Growing on Limestome slope southeast of San Miguel Tixa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Teucrioideae |
| Genus: | Trichostema |
| Species: | T. purpusii |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichostema purpusii Brandegee | |
Trichostema purpusii, is a perennial plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) native to Mexico. It has pink, bilaterally symmetrical flowers. The genus name means "hair stems" in reference to the graceful stamens that curl around to dab pollen on the backs of insect pollinators.[1]:127
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