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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria nervosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Veined Skullcap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria nervosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-002:
Scutellaria nervosa FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria nervosa
COMMON NAME:
Veined Skullcap, Bottomland Skullcap
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scne2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria nervosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria nervosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-002:
Scutellaria nervosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria nervosa
1345
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: alluvial forests, mesic to dry forests (especially over mafic or calcareous rocks), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish-blue
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!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p098
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p345
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p349
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p230
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p272
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