Scutellaria multiglandulosa is a flowering plant in the genus Scutellaria and family Lamiaceae. It grows in parts of the Southeastern United States.[1] It is sometimes referred to by the common name Small's skullcap.[2]
S. multiglandulosa can reach a height between 1.5 and 8 decimeters (approximately 5.9 to 31.5 inches). The lowest-sitting leaves are triangular-ovate in shape and have a length of 0.7 to 3.5 centimeters. The higher leaves are range in shape from lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, with a length ranging between 2.5 and 6 centimeters.[3]
When flowers are produced (between April and May) they are blue to violet in color.[4][3] Petals are 1.3 to 2.5 centimeters in length.[3]
Habitat
Within the United States' Coastal Plain region, this species has been observed occurring in habitat types such as pine flatwoods, recently-burned scrubs, sandridges, and longleaf pine forests, among others.[5]
It occurs in environments with loamy soil, loamy sand, sandy soil, and gravel.[5]
1 2 3 Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 902. Print.
↑ Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 19 MAY 2021
1 2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert Kral, Robert K. Godfrey, R. D. Houk, D. B. Ward, Rodie White, Walter Kittredge, Roy Komarek. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Dixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Madison, Nassau, Taylor, Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.
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