NameThatPlant.net: Scutellaria parvula

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

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

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