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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is a very confounding taxon, easily confused in the field (and in the literature), with the other two dwarf species in the genus -- S. leonardii and S. parvula. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001?:
Scutellaria parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria australis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria parvula
COMMON NAME:
Southern Skullcap
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001?:
Scutellaria parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria australis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria parvula
4367
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, rocky woodlands, glades, barrens, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip with dark spots)
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
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
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