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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria incana var. incana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
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
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p253?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p143?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p169?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p098?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p407
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p079?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p228
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p270?
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