Re: wildflower or just perennial
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  • Subject: Re: wildflower or just perennial
  • From: B* P* <a*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 13:53:49 -0500
Just found this on www.robsplants.com/plants/scutellaria.php

"...The genus name derives from the Latin word scutella, meaning a little 
shield, dish or saucer..."

and I think I see these seed cases in Nancy's photo.


Sent from Barb's iPad

> On May 14, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Christopher P. Lindsey 
> <1002@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:
> 

> Fascinating!
> 
> I've been puzzling over this for a few days, but my best guess
> (and I'm still not certain) is Scutellaria aurata.  Here's a photo:
> 
>   http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/wiki/files/83/Scutellaria_aurata.JPG
> 
> However, I think it's native to Peru.  I have no idea how it would
> have ended up where you are.  :)
> 
> Don't get rid of it just yet, though.  I think it looks adorable!  :)
> I wonder if it would grow in zone 5b.

I've asked a few people in other places, and they seem to agree
that it might be a white-flowering form of Scutellaria ocmulgee 
like this:

  https://www.hort.net/gallery/view/lam/scuocal40

If it is, you have a rare find there.  It's listed as threatened in
Georgia and even less common in Tennessee.

Chris

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