Scutellaria minor Huds.

Lesser skullcap (en), Scutellaire naine (fr), Petite Scutellaire (fr), Scutellaire mineure (fr), Petite scutellaire (fr), Petite toque (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Scutellaria

Characteristics

Slender-stemmed perennial herb with short rhizomes. Aerial stems to c. 20 cm long, lax, green, puberulent, especially on the angles. Petiole 2-3 mm long, green. Lamina 7-20 × 4-10 mm, membranous, puberulent on veins below, with hairs scattered above, entire; lowest lvs ovate to suborbicular; mid and upper lvs lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; base truncate to rounded. Fls in axillary pairs; bracts subtending upper pairs of fls small, ± linear. Pedicels 1-1.5 mm long at anthesis, glandular-hairy. Calyx c. 1.5 mm long at anthesis, glandular-hairy; scale c. 0.5 mm long, accrescent. Corolla 7-8 mm long to apex of lower lip, whitish or pale pink, with prominent pinkish purple spots inside lower lip, glandular-puberulent outside; tube 4.5-5.5 mm long, slightly curved upwards, ampliate; lower lip > upper lip, 3-lobed with middle lobe broad; upper lip deeply emarginate. Filaments ± pilose, the longer pair > style. Ovules seated on orange gynophore. Nutlets not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

Habit

Scutellaria minor habit picture by solembum (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria minor habit picture by Pierre LEON (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria minor habit picture by Daniel Bourget (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Scutellaria minor leaf picture by Michele Losse (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria minor leaf picture by Florent Beck (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria minor leaf picture by Pierre LEON (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Scutellaria minor flower picture by Jacques Maréchal (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria minor flower picture by Becca McCoy (cc-by-sa)
Scutellaria minor flower picture by Engel Ralf (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Scutellaria minor world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Germany, Spain, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Nicaragua, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, and Sweden

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:458463-1
WFO ID wfo-0000308104
COL ID 79YBT
BDTFX ID 62088
INPN ID 122073
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Scutellaria hastifolia Scutellaria pumila Cassida minor Cassida minor Scutellaria minor var. elatior Scutellaria minor