OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
 Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
 Scutellaria incana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
 Scutellaria altamaha ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
 Scutellaria altamaha var. australis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
 Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
 Scutellaria incana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
 Scutellaria altamaha ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
 Scutellaria altamaha var. australis

 

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4036

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare (an endemic)

Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy open woods or woodland margins., per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

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...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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