Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Skullcap, Elliptic-leaved Skullcap
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm210619_1438
June Greenville County SC
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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.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmselliptica_wadpurp
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves short-stalked, mostly rhombic-ovate, crenate from widest point to tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
1342
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in mesic to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip marked with white)
Bisexual
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
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p253?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p143?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p098?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p407
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p148
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p079?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p079
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p215?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p227
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p270
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p149?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p149