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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Scutellaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-008:
Scutellaria elliptica FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovalifolia ssp. mollis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria ovalifolia
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Skullcap, Elliptic-leaved Skullcap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scpi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070528_099
May Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm120525_407
May Oconee County SC
Bracts reduced upward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120525_411
May Oconee County SC
Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip hood-like, lower broader & marked with white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120525_423
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120526_618
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaves ovate, tending to rhombic, with scalloped margins & blunt at the apex, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm120526_622
May Spartanburg County SC
Stems pubescent. Petioles usually obscured by decurrent blade tissue, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3641
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0467
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Calyces pilose with spreading stipitate glandular hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm120616_902
June Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
This nonconformist plant has leaves in whorls of 3.
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JK Marlow jkm120616_931
June Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm210603_1027
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Racemes not one-sided, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120727_939
July Spartanburg County SC
The upper side of the seed capsule flips off when seeds are ripe, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-008:
Scutellaria elliptica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovalifolia ssp. mollis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria ovalifolia
1342
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip marked with white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lobed calyx with a distinct protuberance on the upper surface
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower plate-like
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p253?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p143?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p098?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p347
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p407
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p148
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p079?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p079
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p215?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p227
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p270
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p149?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p149
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