OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
 Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key

(?) 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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
 Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

(?) 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

Rare (an endemic)

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy open woods or woodland margins, per Weakley's Flora

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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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