Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Scutellaria ovata var. ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Scutellaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. venosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematic studies in Scutellaria sect. Mixtae (Labiatae) (Pittman, 1988)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. ovata var. ovata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-010:
Scutellaria ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria ovata var. calcarea
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria ovata var. ovata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria ovata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Skullcap
No pictures are available at this time.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Scutellaria ovata var. ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. venosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematic studies in Scutellaria sect. Mixtae (Labiatae) (Pittman, 1988)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. ovata var. ovata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-010:
Scutellaria ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria ovata var. calcarea
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria ovata var. ovata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria ovata
2229
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in mesic to submesic forests and woodlands, 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.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip whitish)
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
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p253?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p230?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p270?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p149?