Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Scutellaria incana var. incana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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
The Biota of North America Program. 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)
Scutellaria incana
COMMON NAME:
Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap
No pictures are available at this time.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Scutellaria incana var. incana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. incana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. 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)
Scutellaria incana
4034
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in dry to mesic forests and woodlands, 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:
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p253?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p143?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p169?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p098?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p407
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p079?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p228
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p270?