Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mad-dog Skullcap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-003:
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mad-dog Skullcap
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_lateriflora_2
July Iredell County NC
The smallest flowers of Scutellaria in the southern mtns, about 1/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_lateriflora_3
July Iredell County NC
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3820
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Racemes terminal or terminating axillary leafy branches, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3825
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaves with a rounded base and pointed tip, toothed, petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_lateriflora_1
August Iredell County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-003:
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
2292
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in alluvial forests, bogs, seeps, marshes, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
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
Flowers in one-sided axillary racemes
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
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p166
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p408
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p126
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p215
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p229
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p271
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p149
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p213