OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Scutellaria ovata var. bracteata   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Scutellaria ovata ssp. cuthbertii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-010?:

Scutellaria ovata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Scutellaria ovata var. ovata

INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria ovata ssp. cuthbertii

INCLUDING (INVALID NAME) The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria ovata ssp. mexicana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scutellaria cuthbertii

 

COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Skullcap


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image of Scutellaria ovata var. bracteata, Heartleaf Skullcap

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_ovata_hrtlf_sklcp_4

June        

Lower lip with large lateral auricles (flabelliform), margins cleft and erose, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Scutellaria ovata var. bracteata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. cuthbertii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-010?:
Scutellaria ovata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria ovata var. ovata

INCLUDING The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. cuthbertii

INCLUDING (INVALID NAME) The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria ovata ssp. mexicana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria cuthbertii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4032

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
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:
Summer/Fall

 

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