Scutellaria pekinensis Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Scutellaria

Characteristics

Herbs annual. Stems 24-40 cm tall, erect, 0.8-1.5 mm in diam., base purplish, subglabrous to densely pubescent. Petiole (0.3-)0.5-2 cm, base purplish; leaf blade ovate to triangular-ovate, 1.4-1.7 × 1.2-3.5 cm, herbaceous to membranous, base truncate to subrounded, margin shallowly obtuse dentate to incised dentate, apex acute to rounded. Racemes terminal, 4.5-11.5 cm; bracts minute, narrowly lanceolate, 3-7 × 1-2 mm, margin entire; lower bracts leaflike, longer, sparsely pubescent. Pedicel ca. 2.5 mm, densely antrorse white pubescent. Calyx ca. 3 mm, to 4 mm in fruit, pilose along veins or spreading glandular pubescent or densely pubescent; scutellum ca. 1.5 mm, to 4 mm in fruit. Corolla blue-purple, (1-)1.7-2.5 cm, glandular pubescent outside, glabrous inside, base slightly bent in front, throat to 5 mm wide; middle lobe of lower lip broadly ovate, slightly constricted at middle, apex emarginate; lateral lobes ovate. Nutlets chestnut or dark brown, ovoid, ca. 1 mm in diam., tuberculate, adaxially umbonate at base Fl. Jun-Aug, fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.24 - 0.4
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Scutellaria pekinensis world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Japan, Montenegro, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:458545-1
WFO ID wfo-0000308267
COL ID 4W2GZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Scutellaria indica var. pekinensis Scutellaria pekinensis

Lower taxons

Scutellaria pekinensis var. ussuriensis Scutellaria pekinensis var. pekinensis Scutellaria pekinensis var. purpureicaulis Scutellaria pekinensis var. transitra Scutellaria pekinensis var. transitra Scutellaria pekinensis var. grandiflora