Scutellaria leonardii Epling
Detail
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Scutellaria leonardii Epling
- Common Name
- Small Skullcap, Leonard's Skullcap
- Synonym(s)
- Scutellaria parvula var. leonardii (Epl.) Fern.; Scutellaria parvula Michx. var. missouriensis (Torr.) Goodman & Lawson
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Scutellaria leonardii Epling
- Comments
- The closely related Scutelllaria parvula Michx. and S. australis (Fassett) Epling have long been alleged to occur in Virginia, but voucher evidence for the latter is lacking. Scutellaria parvula was carried through all three hard-copy editions of the Atlas, but supporting specimens for those records have proven to be S. leonardii. However, in 2014, unambiguous S. parvula was discovered on a complex of limestone flatrocks in Rockbridge County. Interestingly, S. leonardii also occurs on some of the outcrops, but the two species never co-occur on the same outcrop.
- Habitat
- Dry, rocky woodlands, barrens, outcrop crevices, and clearings over mafic and calcareous rocks, including limestone, dolostone, calcareous shales, metabasalt, diabase, amphibolite, and gabbro. Infrequent, mountains and Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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