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Scutellaria formosana is a perennial herb in the mint family, native to southern China and Hainan, growing to about 30 cm tall. Little is documented about its cultivation, so it is mainly a wild or botanical species.
Scutellaria formosana (蓝花黄芩, lan hua huang qin) is a plant species endemic to the Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangxi, and Yunnan provinces in China. It grows on woody stems up to about 30 cm in height, with ovate to ovate-lanceolate leaves 3-8 × 1.5-3.3 cm.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria formosana 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.
