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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria incana var. punctata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Scutellaria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. punctata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-006?:
Scutellaria incana FAMILY Lamiaceae
(?) The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria punctata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria incana
COMMON NAME:
Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3459
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200403_3461
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4490
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3691
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230531_3694
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8911
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190604_8913
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Rather tall herb esp for a skullcap, growing as a single stem to ~2-3' tall, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm190618_9258
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm080729_018
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaf ovate, crenate, tip obtuse, base rounded, on stalk 0.5-1.2" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm080729_077
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
A somewhat hoary plant [with fine, short, gray or white hairs], per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160727_395
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves are stalked, scalloped, ovate-lanceolate, and taper to a petiole, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160727_396
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160727_396b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip hood-like, lower with a white center, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9622
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9793
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9798
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves glabrate, with appressed hairs on veins, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9799
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190719_0073
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9306
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The 3/4 - 1" flowers are borne in numerous racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9308
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm120815_864
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0507
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190810_0620
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190810_0669
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
A sharply defined ring of hairs ("annulus") inside corolla tube, at bend, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm230805_4734
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230805_4735
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm230805_4739
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
A few of the plants had white flowers.
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JK Marlow jkm230805_4740
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Often 30-50+ flowers in bloom on a number of racemes, forming a pyramid, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm0310i_07
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The enlarged calyx's helmet-like protuberance flips off when seeds ripen, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm211112_4889
November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria incana var. punctata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria incana var. punctata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-006?:
Scutellaria incana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
(?)
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria punctata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria incana
1343
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to mesic forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon to rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip with a white center)
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:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p253?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p143?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p169?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p098?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p407
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p079?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p228
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p270?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p149
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