NameThatPlant.net: Scutellaria parvula

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The old Scutellaria parvula (e.g., in Radford, Ahles, and Bell, 1968) has been split into S. australis, S. leonardii, and S. parvula. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001:
Scutellaria parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Skullcap, Small Skullcap

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001:
Scutellaria parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae

3129

Forb
Perennial

Native to South Carolina

Documented growing wild in - - SC

map
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:
Spring
Blue/ Violet (lower lip with dark spots)
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:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps

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