Scutellaria quadrilobulata Y.Z.Sun

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Scutellaria

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, stoloniferous, pubescent or pilose. Stems erect, (30-)45-60 cm tall, pubescent, branched above middle. Petiole to 2 cm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate, ca. 4 × 2.6 cm, largest at mid stem, adaxially sparsely pubescent or pilose, abaxially sometimes purplish and subglabrous or sparsely pilose, base truncate to roundish and slightly decurrent, margin 5-8-double crenate, apex obtuse to acute. Racemes terminal, to 10 cm; lower bracts similar to stem leaves, smaller upward, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, margin entire to ± inconspicuously crenate and ciliolate. Pedicel ca. 3 mm, pubescent. Calyx purple, ca. 2.2 mm, glabrous outside, veins and margin pubescent, oblate, ca. 3.5 × 4.5 mm in fruit; scutellum ca. 1.5 × 1.5 mm. Corolla yellow with purple lines, ca. 2 cm, densely glandular pubescent outside, glabrous inside; tube ca. 1.7 cm, base slightly saccate-geniculate; upper lip oblate, concave, ca. 2.2 mm wide, apex emarginate; middle lobe of lower lip trapeziform, equally 4-lobed, ca. 4.5 mm wide; lateral lobes subcircular, subequal to upper lip. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Jun-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.6
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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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Distribution

Scutellaria quadrilobulata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:458603-1
WFO ID wfo-0000308361
COL ID 4W2JV
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Scutellaria quadrilobulata

Lower taxons

Scutellaria quadrilobulata var. quadrilobulata Scutellaria quadrilobulata var. pilosa