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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The old Scutellaria parvula (e.g., in Radford, Ahles, and Bell, 1968) has been split into S. australis, S. leonardii, and S. parvula. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001:
Scutellaria parvula FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria parvula
SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria parvula
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria parvula
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Skullcap, Small Skullcap
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria parvula var. parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-001:
Scutellaria parvula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Scutellaria parvula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
Scutellaria parvula
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria parvula
3129
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland prairies and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Violet
(lower lip with dark spots)
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:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p064?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p080?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p230?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p272?
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