Trichostema: Trichostema: from trichos, "hair," and stema, "stamens," and alluding to the hair-like stamens.

[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat, Affinity for Serpentine Soils: Trichostema laxum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common name turpentine weed from the foliage's scent.[1][2] Distribution The annual plant is native to northern California and Oregon, at elevations below 1,700 metres (5,600 ft). It is found primarily in the Inner Northern California Coast Ranges, including the subranges of the Klamath Mountains and the Mayacamas Mountains.[3] It grows in gravelly streambanks or sandy soil, of the mountains and foothills in chaparral, Foothill oak woodland, and Yellow pine forest habitats.[1] The species has an affinity for serpentine soils.[1] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)