NameThatPlant.net: Scutellaria incana var. australis

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Scutellaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. 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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Scutellaria incana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Scutellaria altamaha ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Scutellaria altamaha var. australis

4036

Forb
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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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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