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SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trichostema dichotomum var. lineare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Trichostema lineare
Corolla 5-lobed, lowest lobe lip-like, the lateral triangular-ovate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
2-lipped corolla with 5 lobes, upper 4 ascending, lower curved downward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Isanthus brachiatus
Calyx and corolla almost radially symmetrical. Stamens straight, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Thyrse leafy-bracteate, cymules sessile, 3-5 flowered; bracts reduced upward, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Four stamens diverge from the corolla, arching over the lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hyptis radiata
Flowers borne in large, globose heads, 1.5-2.5cm across, on 2-6cm peduncles, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hyptis mutabilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria leonardii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria ambigua
Flowers axillary, corolla 6.5-9mm long; bracts resembling stem leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria nervosa
The smallest flowers of Scutellaria in the southern mtns, about 1/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip hood-like, lower with a pair of white marks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria incana
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria incana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Scutellaria altamaha ssp. australis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Scutellaria altamaha var. australis
(?)
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria punctata
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria incana
Often 30-50+ flowers in bloom on a number of racemes, forming a pyramid, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Scutellaria serrata var. serrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria serrata
With flowers 1" or more in length, this species is well named, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Scutellaria serrata var. montana
Flowers 1" or more, with an erect white tube & pale blue hood-like upper lip, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip hood-like, lower broader & marked with white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovalifolia ssp. hirsuta
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria ovalifolia
Bracts reduced (not leaf-like); corollas 14-18(-21)mm, per Weakley's Flora.
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria ovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa var. arguta
Lower lip blue with two longitudinal white bands, margins entire, per Weakley's Flora.
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. cuthbertii
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria cuthbertii
Lower lip with large lateral auricles (flabelliform), margins cleft and erose, per Weakley's Flora.
GREATER THAN
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
LESS THAN
Scutellaria ovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Scutellaria integrifolia var. multiglandulosa
Flowers in racemes, corollas 24-39mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Flowers yellowish-green with stamens that extend outside the corolla, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Flowers 1" or more long, crowded into one-sided terminal spikes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Flowers in short spikes of crowded clusters terminating the branches, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Corolla 2-lipped (lower lip larger), deeply 3-lobed and spotted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
LESS THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Prunella vulgaris
Corolla's lower lip is bent downward and its median lobe is fringed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunella vulgaris var. hispida
GREATER THAN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris
The 2-lipped blue-violet flowers are borne in a crowded terminal spike, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
The upper lip is entire and helmet-like; lower lip is shorter with 3 lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Physostegia virginiana var. arenaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dracocephalum virginianum
Flowers bright pink with purple lines, upper lip hooded, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Erect, square-stemmed perennial more than 3' tall w showy 1" long corollas, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dracocephalum leptophyllum
Flowering calyx tube 3-7(8)mm long; flowers usually > 20mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Upper lip hood-like, entire or notched. Lower lip 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Corolla 2-lipped: upper hoodlike, lower spotted and with 2 lateral lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Corolla 2-lipped: upper hoodlike, lower with 2 lateral lobes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Corolla 2-lipped, the upper galeate (hooded or hood-like), the lower 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.