Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria ocmulgee
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ocmulgee
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Ocmulgee Skullcap
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria ocmulgee
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ocmulgee
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
3034
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in bluff forests and other mesic hardwood 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
(lower lip white-striped )
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/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
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