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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria pseudoserrata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about falseteeth skullcap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria pseudoserrata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria pseudoserrata
COMMON NAME:
falseteeth skullcap
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May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA
Sprewell Bluff WMA
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May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA
Sprewell Bluff WMA
Flowers in racemes, corollas 24-39mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria pseudoserrata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria pseudoserrata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria pseudoserrata
4262
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish-blue
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
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p345
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p244
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p273
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