Biology:Scutellaria bolanderi
| Scutellaria bolanderi | |
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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. bolanderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Scutellaria bolanderi A.Gray
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Scutellaria bolanderi is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Sierra skullcap. It is endemic to California , where it is known from the Sierra Nevada and several of the mountain ranges to the south. It is a perennial herb producing an erect stem or cluster of stems 30 centimeters to one meter tall from a system of thin rhizomes. The stems are coated in short, spreading hairs which sometimes have resin glands. The oval or heart-shaped leaves have wavy edges and are oppositely arranged. The lowest leaves are borne on short petioles. Flowers emerge from the leaf axils. Each flower is held in a calyx of sepals with a large ridge or appendage on the upper part. The corolla is between 1 and 2 centimeters long and tubular in shape with a large upper and lower lip. The upper lip is folded into a beaklike protrusion and the lower has three wide lobes. The corolla is white or very pale blue with an area of blue mottling on the lower lip.
External links
- Calflora Database: Scutellaria bolanderi (Bolander's skullcap, Sierra skullcap)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Scutellaria bolanderi
- USDA Plants profile for Scutellaria bolanderi
- UC CalPhotos gallery of Scutellaria bolanderi
Wikidata ☰ Q7439560 entry
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