Habitat: False Pennyroyal is found in a variety of dry soil habitats.
Flowering period: July to September.
Lucas Land
False Pennyroyal or Fluxweed
Trichostema brachiatum
From Nearctica
Identification: Flowers small, blue to light blue. Flower structure simple, with 5 distinct, unmodified petal lobes. Pistil protruding from the end of the corolla. Calyx teeth elongate, pronounced. Flowers located on stalks in the upper leaf axils. Stem square. Foliage with a clammy feeling. Leaves elongate, narrow, sessile to the stem, with a toothless outer margin. Plant 6 to 20 inches in the height.
Distribution: Throughout eastern North America and the Plains States.