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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Scutellaria ovata var. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Scutellaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOT PUBLISHED) 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 The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME) The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME) The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. virginiana
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria ovata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Skullcap
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Scutellaria ovata var. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (NOT PUBLISHED)
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
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria arguta
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME)
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. pseudoarguta
INCLUDING
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa
INCLUDING (INVALID NAME)
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. virginiana
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
Habitat: Shale barrens, other dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
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
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p253?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p230?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p270?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p149?
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