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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria ocmulgee   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ocmulgee   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scutellaria ocmulgee

 

COMMON NAME:
Ocmulgee Skullcap


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria ocmulgee   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ocmulgee   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria ocmulgee

 

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3034

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Bluff forests and other mesic hardwood forests with calcareous soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Blue-violet (lower lip white-striped )
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/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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