Scutellaria: A Deep Dive with Ferb Vu
The world of botany is a vast and fascinating one, filled with an incredible diversity of plant life. As an enthusiast, I’m always eager to delve deeper into specific genera and explore their unique characteristics. Today, I want to share my fascination with the genus Scutellaria, commonly known as skullcaps.
These plants, belonging to the mint family (Lamiaceae), are renowned for their distinctive calyx, the cup-shaped structure that encloses the flower bud. The name “Scutellaria” itself originates from the Latin word “scutella,” meaning “a small dish,” which aptly describes the shape of this calyx.
A Diverse Genus
Scutellaria is a remarkably diverse genus, encompassing roughly 400 species distributed across various regions of the world. These plants exhibit a wide range of forms, from small herbaceous annuals to larger perennial shrubs. They thrive in diverse habitats, including meadows, woodlands, and even aquatic environments.
One of the most captivating aspects of Scutellaria is the sheer variety of its floral displays. The blossoms, typically two-lipped and tubular, come in a spectrum of colors, including blue, purple, yellow, and red. This diversity in form and color makes Scutellaria a popular choice among gardeners and plant enthusiasts.
Species List
- Scutellaria adenostegia Briq.
- Scutellaria adenotricha X.H.Guo & S.B.Zhou
- Scutellaria adsurgens Popov
- Scutellaria agrestis A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.
- Scutellaria alabamensis Alexander
- Scutellaria albida L.
- Scutellaria albituba A.Pool
- Scutellaria alborosea Lem.
- Scutellaria alpina L.
- Scutellaria alta M.E.Jones
- Scutellaria altaica Ledeb. ex Sweet
- Scutellaria altamaha Small
- Scutellaria altissima L.
- Scutellaria amabilis H.Hara
- Scutellaria amicorum Rech.f.
- Scutellaria amoena C.H.Wright
- Scutellaria amphichlora Juz.
- Scutellaria anatolica Çiçek & Ketenoglu
- Scutellaria andamanica Prain
- Scutellaria andrachnoides Vved.
- Scutellaria androssovii Juz.
- Scutellaria angrenica Juz. & Vved.
- Scutellaria angustifolia Pursh
- Scutellaria anhweiensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria anitae Juz.
- Scutellaria anomala Epling
- Scutellaria antirrhinoides Benth.
- Scutellaria arabica Jaub. & Spach
- Scutellaria arakensis Jamzad & Safikhani
- Scutellaria aramberrana B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria araxensis Grossh.
- Scutellaria arenicola Small
- Scutellaria arguta Buckley
- Scutellaria ariana Hedge
- Scutellaria artvinensis Grossh.
- Scutellaria asperiflora Nakai
- Scutellaria assamica Mukerjee
- Scutellaria atrocyanea Epling & Játiva
- Scutellaria attenuifolia Suddee & A.J.Paton
- Scutellaria aurantiaca A.Pool
- Scutellaria aurata Lem.
- Scutellaria aurea B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
- Scutellaria axilliflora Hand.-Mazz.
- Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
- Scutellaria baldshuanica Nevski ex Juz.
- Scutellaria balearica Barceló
- Scutellaria bambusetorum C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria barbata D.Don
- Scutellaria bartlettii B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria benthamiana (Mansf.) Epling
- Scutellaria blepharophylla Epling
- Scutellaria bolanderi A.Gray
- Scutellaria bornmuelleri Hausskn. ex Bornm.
- Scutellaria botbaevae Lazkov
- Scutellaria botschantzevii M.N.Abdull.
- Scutellaria brachyspica Nakai & H.Hara
- Scutellaria brevibracteata Stapf
- Scutellaria brittonii Porter
- Scutellaria bucharica Juz.
- Scutellaria bushii Britton
- Scutellaria calcarata C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria californica A.Gray
- Scutellaria cardiophylla Engelm. & A.Gray
- Scutellaria carmenensis Henrard
- Scutellaria caryopteroides Hand.-Mazz.
- Scutellaria catharinae Juz.
- Scutellaria caucasica A.Ham.
- Scutellaria caudifolia Y.Z.Sun
- Scutellaria chaematochlora Juz.
- Scutellaria chalicophila Loes.
- Scutellaria chamaedrifolia Hedge & A.J.Paton
- Scutellaria chekiangensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria chenopodiifolia Juz.
- Scutellaria chevalieri Briq.
- Scutellaria chiangii B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria chihshuiensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria chimenensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria chodshakasiani Kamelin ex Kochk.
- Scutellaria chungtienensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria × churchilliana Fernald
- Scutellaria coccinea Kunth
- Scutellaria cochinchinensis Briq.
- Scutellaria colebrookeana Wall. ex Benth.
- Scutellaria colpodea Nevski
- Scutellaria columnae All.
- Scutellaria comosa Juz.
- Scutellaria cordifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Benth.
- Scutellaria cordifrons Juz.
- Scutellaria costaricana H.Wendl.
- Scutellaria cristata Popov
- Scutellaria cuatrecasasiana Fern.Alonso
- Scutellaria cuevasiana J.G.González & A.Vázquez
- Scutellaria cyanocheila Epling
- Scutellaria cylindriflora Epling & Játiva
- Scutellaria cypria Rech.f.
- Scutellaria daghestanica Grossh.
- Scutellaria darriensis Grossh.
- Scutellaria darvasica Juz.
- Scutellaria delavayi H.Lév.
- Scutellaria dependens Maxim.
- Scutellaria diffusa Benth.
- Scutellaria discolor Wall. ex Benth.
- Scutellaria dombeyi ined.
- Scutellaria drummondii Benth.
- Scutellaria dumetorum Schltdl.
- Scutellaria durangensis B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria ebracteata A.Pool
- Scutellaria edelbergii Rech.f.
- Scutellaria elliptica Muhl.
- Scutellaria eplingii Legname
- Scutellaria farsistanica Rech.f.
- Scutellaria fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Scutellaria fedschenkoi Bornm.
- Scutellaria filicaulis Regel
- Scutellaria flabellulata Juz.
- Scutellaria flocculosa Epling & Mathias
- Scutellaria floridana Chapm.
- Scutellaria formosa Leonard
- Scutellaria formosana N.E.Br.
- Scutellaria forrestii Diels
- Scutellaria fragillima Rech.f.
- Scutellaria franchetiana H.Lév.
- Scutellaria fraxinea Epling
- Scutellaria fruticetorum Epling
- Scutellaria galericulata L.
- Scutellaria galerita Epling
- Scutellaria gardoquioides Benth.
- Scutellaria gaumeri Leonard
- Scutellaria ghorana Hedge
- Scutellaria glabra Leonard
- Scutellaria glabrata Vved.
- Scutellaria glabriuscula Fernald
- Scutellaria glandulosa Hook.f.
- Scutellaria glaphyrostachys Rech.f.
- Scutellaria glechomoides Boiss. ex Benth.
- Scutellaria glutinosa Benth.
- Scutellaria gontscharovii Juz.
- Scutellaria goulimyi Rech.f.
- Scutellaria grandiflora Sims
- Scutellaria granulosa Juz.
- Scutellaria grossa Wall.
- Scutellaria grossecrenata Merr. & Chun ex C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria grossheimiana Juz.
- Scutellaria guatemalensis Leonard
- Scutellaria guilielmi A.Gray
- Scutellaria guttata Nevski ex Juz.
- Scutellaria haesitabunda Juz. ex Kochk.
- Scutellaria hainanensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria hastifolia L.
- Scutellaria havanensis Jacq.
- Scutellaria helenae Albov
- Scutellaria heterophylla Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.
- Scutellaria heterotricha Juz. & Vved.
- Scutellaria heydei Hook.f.
- Scutellaria hintoniana Epling
- Scutellaria hintoniorum Henrard
- Scutellaria hirta Sm.
- Scutellaria hispidula B.L.Rob.
- Scutellaria hissarica B.Fedtsch.
- Scutellaria holguinensis I.E.Méndez
- Scutellaria holosericea Gontsch. ex Juz.
- Scutellaria honanensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria hookeri Epling
- Scutellaria hsiehii T.H.Hsieh
- Scutellaria humilis R.Br.
- Scutellaria hunanensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria hypericifolia H.Lév.
- Scutellaria immaculata Nevski ex Juz.
- Scutellaria incana Biehler Plant FAQs: Scutellaria Incana
- Scutellaria incarnata Vent.
- Scutellaria incisa Y.Z.Sun ex C.H.Hu
- Scutellaria incurva Wall.
- Scutellaria indica L.
- Scutellaria inflata Epling
- Scutellaria inghokensis Metcalf
- Scutellaria insignis Nakai
- Scutellaria integrifolia L.
- Scutellaria intermedia Popov
- Scutellaria irrasa Epling
- Scutellaria iskanderi Juz.
- Scutellaria isocheila Donn.Sm.
- Scutellaria iyoensis Nakai
- Scutellaria jaliscana Epling
- Scutellaria javanica Jungh.
- Scutellaria jishouensis G.X.Chen, L.Tan & X.M.Xiang
- Scutellaria jodudiana B.Fedtsch.
- Scutellaria juzepczukii Gontsch.
- Scutellaria kamelinii M.N.Abdull.
- Scutellaria karatavica Juz.
- Scutellaria karjaginii Grossh.
- Scutellaria karkaralensis Juz.
- Scutellaria × ketenoglui Çiçek & Yaprak
- Scutellaria khaoyaiensis A.J.Paton
- Scutellaria khasiana C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
- Scutellaria kikai-insularis Hatus. ex T.Yamaz.
- Scutellaria kingiana Prain
- Scutellaria kiusiana H.Hara
- Scutellaria knorringiae Juz.
- Scutellaria kotkaiensis Rech.f.
- Scutellaria krasevii Kom. & I.Schischk. ex Juz.
- Scutellaria kugarti Juz.
- Scutellaria kujuensis Kadota & Mas.Saito
- Scutellaria kuramensis M.N.Abdull. & I.I.Malzev
- Scutellaria kuromidakensis (Yahara) T.Yamaz.
- Scutellaria kurssanovii Pavlov
- Scutellaria lacei Hedge & A.J.Paton
- Scutellaria lactea A.Pool
- Scutellaria laeteviolacea Koidz.
- Scutellaria laevis Shinners
- Scutellaria langbianensis Wernham
- Scutellaria lanipes Juz.
- Scutellaria lateriflora L. Plant FAQs: Scutellaria Lateriflora
- Scutellaria laxa Dunn
- Scutellaria leptosiphon Nevski
- Scutellaria leptostegia Juz.
- Scutellaria leucantha Loes.
- Scutellaria likiangensis Diels
- Scutellaria lilungensis S.S.Ying
- Scutellaria linarioides C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria linczewskii Juz.
- Scutellaria lindbergii Rech.f.
- Scutellaria lindeniana Benth.
- Scutellaria linearis Benth.
- Scutellaria lipskyi Juz.
- Scutellaria litwinowii Bornm. & Sint.
- Scutellaria longifolia Benth.
- Scutellaria longituba Koidz.
- Scutellaria lotienensis C.Y.Wu & S.Chow
- Scutellaria lundellii Epling
- Scutellaria lurestanica Jamzad & Mehrnia
- Scutellaria lushuiensis Qiang Wang
- Scutellaria lutea J.D.Sm.
- Scutellaria luteocaerulea Bornm. & Sint.
- Scutellaria lutescens C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria lutilabia T.M.Lane & G.L.Nesom
- Scutellaria macra Epling
- Scutellaria macrochlamys Rech.f. & Fitz
- Scutellaria macrodonta Hand.-Mazz.
- Scutellaria macrosiphon C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria mairei H.Lév.
- Scutellaria maxonii Leonard
- Scutellaria meehanioides C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria megalaspis Rech.f.
- Scutellaria megalodonta Juz.
- Scutellaria megaphylla C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria mellichampii Small
- Scutellaria mesostegia Juz.
- Scutellaria mexicana (Torr.) A.J.Paton
- Scutellaria microdasys Juz.
- Scutellaria microphylla Moc. & Sessé ex Benth.
- Scutellaria microphysa Juz.
- Scutellaria microviolacea C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria × minkwitziae Juz.
- Scutellaria minor Huds.
- Scutellaria mocinoana Benth.
- Scutellaria modesta Játiva & Epling
- Scutellaria molanguitensis Hiriart
- Scutellaria molinarum A.Pool
- Scutellaria mollifolia C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria mollis R.Br.
- Scutellaria mongolica Sobolevsk.
- Scutellaria moniliorrhiza Kom.
- Scutellaria montana Chapm.
- Scutellaria monterreyana B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria mulleri B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria multicaulis Boiss.
- Scutellaria multiflora Benth.
- Scutellaria multiglandulosa (Kearney) Small ex Harper
- Scutellaria multiramosa A.Pool
- Scutellaria muramatsui H.Hara
- Scutellaria muriculata Epling
- Scutellaria muzquiziana B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria nana A.Gray
- Scutellaria navicularis Juz.
- Scutellaria nepetifolia Benth.
- Scutellaria nepetoides Popov ex Juz.
- Scutellaria nervosa Pursh
- Scutellaria neubaueri Rech.f.
- Scutellaria × neumannii H.Melzer & Bregant
- Scutellaria nevskii Juz. & Vved.
- Scutellaria × nicholsonii Taub.
- Scutellaria nigricans C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria nigrocardia C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria novae-zelandiae Hook.f.
- Scutellaria novorossica Juz.
- Scutellaria nummulariifolia Hook.f.
- Scutellaria oaxacana Greenm.
- Scutellaria oblonga Benth.
- Scutellaria oblongifolia A.Pool
- Scutellaria obtusifolia Hemsl.
- Scutellaria ocellata Juz.
- Scutellaria ochotensis Prob.
- Scutellaria ocmulgee Small
- Scutellaria ocymoides (Kunth) Epling
- Scutellaria oligodonta Juz.
- Scutellaria oligophlebia Merr. & Chun ex C.Y.Wu & S.Chow
- Scutellaria omeiensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria orbicularis Bunge
- Scutellaria oreades Knjaz.
- Scutellaria oreophila Grossh.
- Scutellaria orichalcea J.D.Sm.
- Scutellaria orientalis L.
- Scutellaria orizabensis Epling
- Scutellaria orthocalyx Hand.-Mazz.
- Scutellaria orthotricha C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria oschtenica Juz.
- Scutellaria ossethica Kharadze
- Scutellaria ovata Hill
- Scutellaria oxystegia Juz.
- Scutellaria pacifica Juz.
- Scutellaria pallidiflora Epling
- Scutellaria pamirica Juz.
- Scutellaria paradoxa Galushko
- Scutellaria parrae Fern.Alonso
- Scutellaria parvula Michx.
- Scutellaria patonii Jamzad & Safikhani
- Scutellaria paulsenii Briq.
- Scutellaria pekinensis Maxim.
- Scutellaria persica Bornm.
- Scutellaria petersoniae B.L.Turner & Reveal
- Scutellaria petiolata Hemsl. ex Lace & Prain
- Scutellaria phyllostachya Juz.
- Scutellaria physocalyx Regel & Schmalh.
- Scutellaria picta Juz.
- Scutellaria pingbienensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria pinnatifida A.Ham.
- Scutellaria platensis Speg.
- Scutellaria platystegia Juz.
- Scutellaria platystoma Epling
- Scutellaria playfairii Kudô
- Scutellaria poecilantha Nevski ex Juz.
- Scutellaria poliochlora Rech.f. & Edelb.
- Scutellaria polyadena Briq.
- Scutellaria polyphylla Juz.
- Scutellaria polytricha Juz.
- Scutellaria pontica K.Koch
- Scutellaria popovii Vved.
- Scutellaria porphyrantha Rech.f.
- Scutellaria potosina Brandegee
- Scutellaria prilipkoana Grossh.
- Scutellaria prostrata Jacquem. ex Benth.
- Scutellaria przewalskii Juz.
- Scutellaria pseudocoerulea Briq.
- Scutellaria pseudocoleus Fern.Alonso
- Scutellaria pseudoserrata Epling
- Scutellaria pseudotenax C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria purpurascens Sw.
- Scutellaria purpureocardia C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria pycnoclada Juz.
- Scutellaria quadrilobulata Y.Z.Sun
- Scutellaria racemosa Pers.
- Scutellaria raddeana Juz.
- Scutellaria ramosissima Popov
- Scutellaria ramozanica Parsa
- Scutellaria rechingeri Sosef & Meerts
- Scutellaria regeliana Nakai
- Scutellaria rehderiana Diels
- Scutellaria repens Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Scutellaria resinosa Torr.
- Scutellaria reticulata C.Y.Wu & W.T.Wang
- Scutellaria rhomboidalis Grossh.
- Scutellaria robusta Benth.
- Scutellaria rosei Fernald
- Scutellaria roseocyanea Epling
- Scutellaria rubicunda Hornem.
- Scutellaria rubromaculata Juz. & Vved.
- Scutellaria rubropunctata Hayata
- Scutellaria rupestris Boiss. & Heldr.
- Scutellaria russelioides Epling
- Scutellaria salviifolia Benth.
- Scutellaria sapphirina (Barneby) Olmstead
- Scutellaria sarmentosa Epling
- Scutellaria saslayensis A.Pool
- Scutellaria saxatilis Riddell
- Scutellaria scandens D.Don
- Scutellaria schachristanica Juz.
- Scutellaria schugnanica B.Fedtsch.
- Scutellaria schweinfurthii Briq.
- Scutellaria sciaphila S.Moore
- Scutellaria scordiifolia Fisch. ex Schrank
- Scutellaria scutellarioides (Kunth) Harley
- Scutellaria sedelmeyerae Juz.
- Scutellaria seleriana Loes.
- Scutellaria semicircularis S.Moore
- Scutellaria serboana B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria serrata Andrews
- Scutellaria sessilifolia Hemsl.
- Scutellaria sevanensis Sosn. ex Grossh.
- Scutellaria shansiensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria shikokiana Makino
- Scutellaria shweliensis W.W.Sm.
- Scutellaria sibthorpii (Benth.) Halácsy
- Scutellaria sichourensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria sieberi Benth.
- Scutellaria sieversii Bunge
- Scutellaria siphocampyloides Vatke
- Scutellaria sipilensis Cuevas
- Scutellaria slametensis Sudarmono & B.J.Conn
- Scutellaria somalensis Thulin
- Scutellaria sosnowskyi Takht.
- Scutellaria sporadum Bothmer
- Scutellaria squarrosa Nevski
- Scutellaria stachyoides Epling
- Scutellaria stenosiphon Hemsl.
- Scutellaria stepposa Knjaz.
- Scutellaria stewartii B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria stocksii Boiss.
- Scutellaria striatella Gontsch.
- Scutellaria strigillosa Hemsl.
- Scutellaria subcaespitosa Pavlov
- Scutellaria subcordata Juz.
- Scutellaria subintegra C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria sublitoralis J.G.González
- Scutellaria suffrutescens S.Watson
- Scutellaria supina L.
- Scutellaria swatensis Murata
- Scutellaria szovitziana Bunge
- Scutellaria tabrisiana Grossh.
- Scutellaria taiwanensis C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria talamancana A.Pool
- Scutellaria talassica Juz.
- Scutellaria tapintzensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria tarokoensis T.Yamaz.
- Scutellaria tatianae Juz.
- Scutellaria tauricola Hand.-Mazz.
- Scutellaria tayloriana Dunn
- Scutellaria tenasserimensis A.J.Paton
- Scutellaria tenax W.W.Sm.
- Scutellaria tenera C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria teniana Hand.-Mazz.
- Scutellaria tenuiflora C.Y.Wu
- Scutellaria tenuipetiolata A.Pool
- Scutellaria ternejica Prob.
- Scutellaria texana B.L.Turner
- Scutellaria theobromina Rech.f.
- Scutellaria tienchuanensis C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Scutellaria titovii Juz.
- Scutellaria toguztoravensis Juz.
- Scutellaria tomentosa Bertol.
- Scutellaria topcuoglui Yıldırım, Çiçek & Akbas
- Scutellaria tortumensis (Kit Tan & Sorger) A.P.Khokhr.
- Scutellaria tournefortii Benth.
- Scutellaria tsinyunensis C.Y.Wu & S.Chow
- Scutellaria tuberifera C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Scutellaria tuberosa Benth.
- Scutellaria tubiflora Benth.
- Scutellaria tucurriquensis A.Pool
- Scutellaria tuminensis Nakai
- Scutellaria turgaica Juz.
- Scutellaria tutensis A.Pool
- Scutellaria tuvensis Juz.
- Scutellaria uliginosa A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.
- Scutellaria umbratilis Epling
- Scutellaria urticifolia Juz. & Vved.
- Scutellaria utriculata Labill.
- Scutellaria valdiviana (Clos) Epling
- Scutellaria velutina Juz. & Vved.
- Scutellaria villosissima Gontsch. ex Juz.
- Scutellaria violacea B.Heyne ex Benth.
- Scutellaria violascens Gürke
- Scutellaria viscidula Bunge
- Scutellaria vitifolia Brandegee
- Scutellaria volubilis Kunth
- Scutellaria weishanensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria wendtii Henrard
- Scutellaria wenshanensis C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Scutellaria wightiana Benth.
- Scutellaria wongkei Dunn
- Scutellaria woodii J.M.Mercado
- Scutellaria wrightii A.Gray
- Scutellaria wuana C.L.Xiang & F.Zhao
- Scutellaria xanthosiphon Juz.
- Scutellaria xylorrhiza Bornm.
- Scutellaria yangbiensis H.W.Li
- Scutellaria yezoensis Kudô
- Scutellaria yildirimlii Çiçek & Yaprak
- Scutellaria yingtakensis Y.Z.Sun
- Scutellaria yunnanensis H.Lév.
- Scutellaria yunyiana B.Y.Ding, Z.H.Chen & X.F.Jin
- Scutellaria zaprjagaevii Kochk. & Zhogoleva
- Scutellaria zivari Akhmed-zade
My Personal Interest
My interest in Scutellaria stems from a combination of factors. First and foremost, I’m drawn to their unique morphology, particularly the distinctive shape of their calyx. The intricate structure of these plants never ceases to amaze me.
Secondly, I’m intrigued by the ethnobotanical uses of Scutellaria. The fact that various cultures have utilized these plants for medicinal purposes for centuries speaks to their potential therapeutic value. I believe further research into the bioactive compounds present in Scutellaria could lead to the development of new and effective treatments for various ailments.
Finally, I appreciate the aesthetic value of Scutellaria. Their vibrant flowers and diverse growth habits make them a welcome addition to any garden or natural landscape. I find observing these plants in their natural environment to be a truly rewarding experience.
Looking Ahead
As I continue to explore the world of botany, I’m certain that Scutellaria will remain a genus of particular interest to me. I’m eager to learn more about the lesser-known species, their ecological roles, and their potential applications. I believe that this genus holds a wealth of untapped knowledge, waiting to be discovered and utilized for the benefit of humankind.
