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Scutellaria tuvensis

Scutellaria tuvensis
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0

Scutellaria tuvensis is a small perennial mint-family plant native to dry steppe and rocky ground in Tuva, southern Siberia. It is a wild species of dry, rocky habitats and is rarely grown in gardens, so growing advice relies on its natural conditions.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings, as it is adapted to dry steppe conditions.
Soil
Thin, free-draining soil, gravel or grit mix.
Temperature
Hardy to cold continental winters; protect pots from waterlogging in winter.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Siberia
Climate
temperate

About

Scutellaria tuvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Tuva in southern Siberia. A perennial, it is found in dry and desert steppes on thin soils, gravel, scree, and rocky outcrops.

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria tuvensis 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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