NameThatPlant.net: Scutellaria incana var. incana

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria incana var. incana FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Scutellaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. incana FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Scutellaria incana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-006:

Scutellaria incana FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria incana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scutellaria incana

COMMON NAME:
Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria incana var. incana FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. incana FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Scutellaria incana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-006:
Scutellaria incana FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria incana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria incana

4034

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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