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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Scutellaria australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria parvula
COMMON NAME:
Southern Skullcap
No pictures are available at this time.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria parvula
4367
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in bottomland forests, rocky woodlands, glades, barrens, prairies, 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:
Spring/Summer
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:
Schizocarp of mericarps
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