Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Scutellaria mellichampii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mellichamp's Skullcap at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Indumentum patterns aid in distinguishing Scutellaria mellichampii from S. ocmulgee. Read Bradley in Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern US (Weakley et al., 2020).
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Scutellaria mellichampii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-009:
Scutellaria mellichampii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria mellichampii
COMMON NAME:
Mellichamp's Skullcap
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Larry Mellichamp lar_s_mellicha_184137278
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
All leaves serrate or crenate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Larry Mellichamp lar_s_mellicha_184137278c
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
Lower lip lacking blue spots, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Larry Mellichamp lar_s_mellichampii _4314
August
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Scutellaria mellichampii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. australis
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Scutellaria mellichampii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-009:
Scutellaria mellichampii
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Scutellaria mellichampii
4366
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in sandy deciduous forests on river bluffs, maritime hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip marked with white)
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:
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!