Scutellaria galericulata L.
marsh skullcap
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
marsh skullcap
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizome; stems mostly erect, 20-80 cm tall, simple or branched, 4-angled, with stiff downward pointing hairs especially along the angles but sometimes glabrous or glandular.
Leaves:
Usually only stem leaves, opposite, lanceolate to oblong egg-shaped, 2-5 cm long, 6-20 mm wide, pinnately veined, tips pointed, bases blunt to somewhat notched, glabrous above, minutely hairy beneath, margins entire to blunt-toothed; stalks 1-5 mm long.
Flowers:
Solitary in axils of slightly reduced leaves; stalks 2-4 mm long; corollas tubular, blue, 15-20 mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, shorter than lower and hood-like, the lower lip 3-lobed, the broad central lobe papillate, not hairy, marked with white; calyces 3.5-4.5 mm long, 2-lipped, upper lip with a scooped-out ridge across the back.
Fruits:
Nutlets, 4 clustered together, almost spherical, brown.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Scutellaria galericulata
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
776 | 25 | 1815 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
1 | 0 | 34 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
167 | 100 | 322 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 4 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
59 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(2), BWBS(4), CDF(2), CWH(4), ICH(3), IDF(10), MS(4), PP(2), SBPS(5), SBS(23) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Wet to moist edges of lakes and streams, roadside ditches, and open wet forests in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; frequent throughout BC; circumboreal, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to TX, NM, AZ and CA; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Scutellaria epilobiifolia A. Ham.
Scutellaria galericulata subsp. pubescens (Benth.) A. Löve & D. Löve
Scutellaria galericulata var. epilobiifolia (A. Ham.) Jordal
Scutellaria galericulata var. pubescens Benth.