Scutellaria minor, the lesser skullcap, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Scutellaria |
| Species: | S. minor
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| Binomial name | |
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Description
editScutellaria minor grows to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) tall, with narrowly ovate leaves arranged oppositely.[1] Flowers are borne in the axils of the upper leaves; they have a pinkish purple corolla, 6–10 millimetres (0.24–0.39 in) long.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editScutellaria minor has a southern temperate distribution in Europe.[2] It grows in wet heaths and open woodland on acidic soils. In the British Isles, it is restricted to southern and western areas, extending as far north as the Outer Hebrides.[1]
Taxonomy
editScutellaria minor was first described in 1762 by William Hudson in his Flora Anglica. Hybrids with S. galericulata, known as Scutellaria × hybrida, sometimes occur where both parent species co-occur.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Clive A. Stace (2010). "11. Scutellaria L. – skullcaps". New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 621–511. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
- ^ K. Walker (2002). "Scutellaria minor". In C. D. Preston, D. A. Pearman & T. D. Dines (ed.). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: An Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-851067-3.
External links
edit- Scutellaria minor on biodiversity website iNaturalist