Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Scutellaria leonardii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Scutellaria parvula var. leonardii
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, 1938)
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).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Scutellaria leonardii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Scutellaria parvula var. leonardii
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, 1938)
Scutellaria ambigua
3783
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Rare
Look for it in limestone glades, diabase barrens, shale barrens and woodlands, dry sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue / Violet
(lower lip with dark spots)
Bisexual
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
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!