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

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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

 

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, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p270?

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