Trichostema lanceolatum closeup Trichostema lanceolatum, with the common names vinegarweed and camphor weed, is an annual flowering herb of the mint family native to western North America.Jepson Manual Trichostema lanceolatumCalflora: Trichostema lanceolatum The common name 'vinegarweed' originated due to its foliage containing volatile oils that have a strong vinegar odor. The oils have phytotoxic properties, which help the plant compete by killing or injuring other plant species.Heisey, R.M. & C.C. Delwiche. (1984). Phytotoxic volatiles from Trichostema lanceolatum (Labiatae). American Journal of Botany 71, 821-8.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Trichostema lanceolatum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Trichostema lanceolatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections1
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualTrichostema lanceolatum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 193≤1 km 374≤10 km 183>10 km 154
3 904 georeferenced · 1 053 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 957
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 48≤1 km 267≤10 km 194>10 km 9
518 georeferenced · 473 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence991
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions46 of 67 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
San Diego, US
109
Claremont, US
91
Riverside, US
88
Santa Barbara, US
65
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
62
Corvallis, US
59
Davis, US
52
San Luis Obispo, US
35
Los Angeles, US
32
Arcata, US
29
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
23
US
13
CASlocation not on record
10
Chapel Hill, US
9
Irvine, US
9
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
9
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
9
Pullman, US
8
Angwin, US
8
WTUlocation not on record
8
Ashland, US
7
Columbia, US
7
ASUlocation not on record
7
Santa Cruz, US
7
Northridge, US
6
Bloomington, US
4
Long Beach, US
4
Bangkok, TH
4
Wuzhou, CN
4
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record
4
UC Berkeley, Blue Oak Ranch Reservelocation not on record
3
Turlock, US
3
KNFHClocation not on record
3
EL PASO, US
3
Boise, US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Phoenix, US
3
Mexico City, MX
2
Flagstaff, US
2
San Francisco, US
2
Provo, US
2
KNFYlocation not on record
2
Portland, US
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Moscow, US
2
San Jose, US
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
Denver, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Universidad Católica de Manizaleslocation not on record
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
1
US
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
STNFlocation not on record
1
Logan, US
1
Ensenada, MX
1
Fort Bragg, US
1
Austin, US
1
Bronx, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Vancouver, CA
1
GAlocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
67 institutions · 844 of 991 vouchered records shown · 147 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Trichostema lanceolatum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 948 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗