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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria integrifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Hyssop Skullcap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria integrifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-005:
Scutellaria integrifolia var. integrifolia FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Scutellaria integrifolia var. hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria integrifolia
COMMON NAME:
Hyssop Skullcap, Narrowleaf Skullcap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scin2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_scin2_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140601_329
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140601_334
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm140601_337
May Greenville County SC
Furman University
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JK Marlow jkm170520_880
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170520_883
May Sumter County SC
Lynchburg Savanna Heritage Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn06_scutellaria_int
June
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John B. Nelson jbn_311499994_bf80c14ac3
June Fairfield County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060603_058
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060603_058b
June Pickens County SC
Middle & upper leaves are lanceolate & taper to a sessile base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm060603_061
June Pickens County SC
The fieldmark of Skullcaps is a small protuberance on calyx upper lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm060604_008
June Pickens County SC
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060604_015
June Pickens County SC
Lower leaves triangular-ovate, margins crenate, petioles slender, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060604_023
June Pickens County SC
Unlike other Skullcaps in southern mtns, mid & upper lvs have entire margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_integrifolia_1
June
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JK Marlow jkm060730_024
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060730_027
July Pickens County SC
Enlarged calyx halves (the lower a persistent "dish") enclose nutlets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060730_035
July Pickens County SC
Lower leaves may be ovate, toothed, & petiolate, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria integrifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria integrifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-005:
Scutellaria integrifolia var. integrifolia
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Scutellaria integrifolia var. hispida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria integrifolia
1344
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, seeps in forests, bottomlands, other moist sites, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip with a pair of white marks)
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:
Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p252
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p063
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p166
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p143
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p169
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p076
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p408
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p179
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p079
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p215
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p228
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p271
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p148
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p213
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