Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-003:
Scutellaria lateriflora FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria lateriflora
COMMON NAME:
Mad-dog Skullcap, Tall Blue Skullcap
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_lateriflora_2
July Iredell County NC
The smallest flowers of Scutellaria in the southern mtns, about 1/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm180814_3820
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Racemes terminal or terminating axillary leafy branches, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm180814_3825
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Leaves with a rounded base and pointed tip, toothed, petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-05-003:
Scutellaria lateriflora
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scutellaria lateriflora