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Sierra skullcap

Scutellaria bolanderi

Sierra skullcap
Photo: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Scutellaria bolanderi is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Sierra skullcap. A rhizomatous perennial herb, it is endemic to California, where it is known from the Sierra Nevada, the Coast Ranges and several of the mountain ranges of Southern California. The northern and southern plants are divided into two subspecies.

Where it grows

Scutellaria bolanderi is endemic to the state of California. It is known from the Sierra Nevada, part of the Coast Ranges, and some of the mountains of Southern California, along with parts of the Mojave Desert. Epling notes that although the species ranges widely throughout the state, it is highly localized.

Other Scutellaria plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria bolanderi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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