Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray

Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray

Tetraclea coulteri (Coulter's wrinklefruit) is a night-flowering perennial mint of the southwestern US Sonoran Desert.

Family
Genus
Tetraclea
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Tetraclea coulteri A.Gray

Tetraclea coulteri, commonly called Coulter's wrinklefruit, is a perennial plant species belonging to the mint family, Lamiaceae. This plant grows on sandy flats and coarse gravelly slopes within the Sonoran Desert, with a range extending from southern Arizona to western Texas in the United States, and into northern Mexico. It produces white flowers that open at night, and close when daytime warmth returns.

Photo: (c) Tony Palmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tony Palmer · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lamiaceae Tetraclea

More from Lamiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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