NameThatPlant.net: Scutellaria pseudoserrata

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about falseteeth skullcap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria pseudoserrata FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria pseudoserrata

COMMON NAME:
falseteeth skullcap

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image of Scutellaria pseudoserrata, falseteeth skullcap

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May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA

Sprewell Bluff WMA

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May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA

Sprewell Bluff WMA

Flowers in racemes, corollas 24-39mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria pseudoserrata FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria pseudoserrata FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria pseudoserrata

4262

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish-blue
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:

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