Scutellaria lateriflora L.

Blue skullcap (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Scutellaria

Characteristics

Stems solitary from slender rhizomes, 3–7 dm, puberulent in lines with ascending hairs, or sometimes glabrous; petioles 0.5–2.5 cm; lvs thin, pinnately veined, ovate or lance-ovate, with broadly rounded or subcordate base, toothed, 3–8 × 1.5–5 cm; racemes mostly axillary or on axillary branches, 3–10 cm, bracteate but scarcely leafy except sometimes near the base; cal 1.5–2.5 mm; cor blue (pink or white), 5–8 mm, the short galea evidently surpassed by the lower lip; 2n=88. Moist bottomlands; Nf. to B.C., s. to Ga. and Calif. July–Sept.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.4
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system fibrous-root rhizome tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Alluvial thickets, meadows and swampy woods.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abortifacient (root), Antidiarrheal (root), Emetic (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Kidney Aid (root), Misc. Disease Remedy (root), Throat Aid (root), Breast Treatment (unspecified), Gynecological Aid (unspecified), Afterbirth (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Heart (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Rickets (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Rabies (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Nervine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Scutellaria lateriflora leaf picture by paige michael (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria lateriflora leaf picture by Arndt Dani (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria lateriflora leaf picture by zeb hulon (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Scutellaria lateriflora flower picture by John Murtaugh (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria lateriflora flower picture by Lorri Yurick (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Scutellaria lateriflora world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Canada, Colombia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Conservation status

Scutellaria lateriflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:458402-1
WFO ID wfo-0000308029
COL ID 4W2C9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Scutellaria lateriflora f. albiflora Scutellaria lateriflora f. lateriflora Cassida lateriflora Scutellaria lateriflora var. albiflora Scutellaria lateriflora var. axillaris Scutellaria lateriflora f. rhodantha Scutellaria polybotrya Scutellaria lateriflora