Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Scutellaria ovata var. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDED WITHIN (INVALID NAME)
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
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PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematic studies in Scutellaria sect. Mixtae (Labiatae) (Pittman, 1988)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa var. rugosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-010?:
Scutellaria ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria arguta
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria ovata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Skullcap
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Scutellaria ovata var. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDED WITHIN (INVALID NAME)
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME)
PLANTS National Database
Scutellaria ovata ssp. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematic studies in Scutellaria sect. Mixtae (Labiatae) (Pittman, 1988)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa var. rugosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-010?:
Scutellaria ovata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria ovata
4033
Forb
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Shale barrens, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
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
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p253?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p230?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p270?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p149?