Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The three small Scutellaria species have been greatly confused in the past, some references like Radford, Ahles, and Bell (1968) even lumping all three into one, called S. parvula. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Scutellaria leonardii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001?:
Scutellaria parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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
COMMON NAME:
Shale-barren Skullcap, Glade Skullcap, Leonard's Skullcap
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_leonardii_2
June
Flowers axillary, corolla 6.5-9mm long; bracts resembling stem leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2012).