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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria mellichampii   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. 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 The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria mellichampii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scutellaria mellichampii

 

COMMON NAME:
Mellichamp's Skullcap


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image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Keith Bradley    kab_35322461326_c

June    Beaufort County    SC

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Keith Bradley    kab_35361756005_kb

June    Beaufort County    SC

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Keith Bradley    kab_35361756005_kc

June    Beaufort County    SC

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Keith Bradley    kab_35361756005_kk

June    Beaufort County    SC

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Keith Bradley    kab_35361762005_c

June    Beaufort County    SC

Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge

All leaves serrate or crenate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Larry Mellichamp    lar_s_mellicha_184137278

July    Mecklenburg County    NC

In cultivation

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Larry Mellichamp    lar_s_mellicha_184137278c

July    Mecklenburg County    NC

In cultivation

Lower lip lacking blue spots, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Scutellaria mellichampii, Mellichamp's Skullcap

Larry Mellichamp    lar_s_mellichampii _4314

August        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria mellichampii   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. 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 The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria mellichampii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria mellichampii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4366

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Sandy deciduous forests on river bluffs, maritime hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet (lower lip marked with white)
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

FRUIT:
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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