Scutellaria galericulata

Marsh Skullcap

Stem Cross Section
Moose Mountain Provincial Park
09-Aug-2003

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Galericulata:  Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species.  
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petioles mostly 1-4 mm long; NOT 5-20 mm long

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

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

 
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Scutellaria: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.
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inflorescences axillary; NOT terminal

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flowers solitary or in axillary racemes; NOT in axillary clusters

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

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four anther-bearing stamens

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

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plants green or with some chlorophyll

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plants NOT aquatic

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stems square

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leaves NOT bearing bladders

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leaves opposite

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flowers NOT in heads or spikes

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

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corolla irregular

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ovary superior

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fruit with 4 nutlets