> Subject: Re: wildflower or just perennial
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 13:53:49 -0500
> To: perennials@hort.net
> From: a96682921@rewrite.hort.net
>
> 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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