OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria saxatilis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-004:

Scutellaria saxatilis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)

Scutellaria saxatilis

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

Scutellaria saxatilis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Rock Skullcap

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image of Scutellaria saxatilis, Rock Skullcap

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_scsa5_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria saxatilis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-004:
 Scutellaria saxatilis   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The American species of Scutellaria (Epling, 1942)
 Scutellaria saxatilis

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3338

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare in GA-NC-SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Blue to 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

FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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