OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Scutellaria ovata var. ovata   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key

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

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Scutellaria ovata var. versicolor

INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria ovata ssp. venosa

INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria ovata ssp. versicolor

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scutellaria ovata

 

COMMON NAME:
 Heartleaf Skullcap

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 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

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Scutellaria ovata var. versicolor

INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
 Scutellaria ovata ssp. venosa

INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
 Scutellaria ovata ssp. versicolor

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Scutellaria ovata

 

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2229

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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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

 

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