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Scutellaria brachyspica is a perennial skullcap in the mint family, endemic to Japan and found at forest edges in hilly areas. It grows to about 50 cm with blue-white flowers in short terminal spikes from May to June.
Scutellaria brachyspica is a species of flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is endemic to Japan, where it is found on the islands of Honshu (south of Miyagi Prefecture) and Shikoku. It is a common species in Japan. Its natural habitat is in forest edges in hilly areas.
Scutellaria brachyspica is a perennial, growing to 50 cm tall. Its blue-white flowers are clustered in a short terminal spikes. It blooms from May to June. The plant has a diploid number of 26.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria brachyspica 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.
