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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa var. 1
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria arguta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematic studies in Scutellaria sect. Mixtae (Labiatae) (Pittman, 1988)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa var. arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria arguta
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Skullcap, Blue Ridge Skullcap
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Stem/petioles w spreading or retrorse hairs; mid to upper lvs strongly cordate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Lower lip blue with two longitudinal white bands, margins entire, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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The fieldmark of Skullcaps is a small protuberance on calyx upper lip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Leaves on long stalks, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Racemes not secund, flowers on more than one side of axis, per Weakley's Flora (2015).