P h o t o b y R i c h a r d C a s s e l l
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Habitat:
Rocky mixed mesophytic woods, talus slopes, and bluffs, usually sandstone substrate.
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Species Description:
Perennial herb.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early July to late August.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Plants are slender and decumbent (not erect), stems glabrous. Scutellaria are mints with a prominent protuberance on the upper corolla; this species is distinguished from other Scutellaria by having flowers in terminal few-flowered racemes (some may be in the leaf axils as well) and they have bracts underneath (subtending) the calyx. Leaves are glabrous, petioled, ovate-shaped and rounded at the base. Leaf teeth are rounded and there are fewer than 10 on each side. Stems are glabrous or with eglandular, curved, ascendng hairs.
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Management:
Disturbance such as ATV trails, timber removal or any activity that results in increased erosion and weed invasion will be detrimental. Timber removal would be detrimental.
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Global Range:
Eastern United States: Connecticut to Indiana, south to Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, plus Arkansas.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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