Scutellaria galericulata

Marsh Skullcap

Flowers Bottom
Moose Mountain Provincial Park
09-Aug-2003

Galericulata:  Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species.  

petioles mostly 1-4 mm long; NOT 5-20 mm long

flowers solitary in the leaf-axils, two per node; NOT in a several-flowered axillary or terminal raceme

flowers 15-25 mm long; NOT 7-10 mm long

 

Scutellaria: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.

inflorescences axillary; NOT terminal

flowers solitary or in axillary racemes; NOT in axillary clusters

calyx with a helmet-shaped projection on the upper side, the rounded lips entire

four anther-bearing stamens

 

Labiatae: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora leading to this family.

herbs

plants green or with some chlorophyll

plants NOT aquatic

stems square

leaves NOT bearing bladders

leaves opposite

flowers NOT in heads or spikes

flowers with two floral rings, but with the petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell

corolla irregular

ovary superior

fruit with 4 nutlets