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Photographer: Mark Mittelstadt
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Family Lamiaceae
Scutellaria ovata Hill subsp. ovata
forest skullcap, heart-leaved skullcap
Scutellaria: from Latin scutella, "a small dish, tray or platter," and referring to the sepals which appear this way during the fruiting period
ovata: egg-shaped
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-28" tall, aromatic, stout forb; stems square, with spreading, glandular hairs |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 1/2"-1" long;  inflorescence of stalked flowers in 1 or more terminal clusters (raceme) up to 4" tall; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, long-stalked, round to oval, toothed |
| Habitat: | shade; dry; woods, forests |
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