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Scutellaria alborosea

Scutellaria alborosea is a rare perennial in the mint family, endemic to Ecuador and known from only four populations, so it is seldom grown and cultivation advice is limited. It is a wet-tropical species best kept warm, humid and evenly moist if attempted.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged; water when the top layer begins to dry.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Scutellaria alborosea is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where there are only four known populations.

Other Scutellaria plants

Alabama skullcap · Alpine Scullcap · Nose skullcap · Florida scrub skullcap · Baikal Skullcap · Barbed Skullcap · Sierra skullcap · Scutellaria brachyspica · Britton's skullcap · California skullcap · Gulf skullcap · Costa Rican Skullcap

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria alborosea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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