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Scutellaria lateriflora

mad dog skullcap

Other common names
blue pimpernel
mad dog weed
see moreVirginian skullcap
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Botanical details
Family
Lamiaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Scutellaria

Genus description

Scutellaria are annuals, herbaceous perennials or sub-shrubs with opposite pairs of leaves and blue, violet, yellow or white, two-lipped, tubular flowers borne in the leaf axils or in terminal spikes

Name status

Correct

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