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Common name: helmet flower
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Common names: Helmet flower, Helmet skullcap
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
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Synonyms: none
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Varieties: ''Scutellaria integrifolia'' var. ''hispida'' Bentham; ''S. integrifolia'' var. ''integrifolia''
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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"Perennial herbs with quadrangular, erect to ascending stems; stolons absent, or present and underground. Leaves sessile or petiolate. Racemes bracteate, often paniculate. Calyx zygomorphic, 2-lobed, the upper lobe crested, very small in flower and enlarging in fruit; corolla zygomorphic , upper lip galeate, 3-lobed, lower lip unlobed, usually white in the throat. The blue-flowered species occasionally have white flowered forms. Stamens 4, exserted; stigma 2-parted. Mericarps dark brown to black, closely set with tubercles or papillae in somewhat concentric rings, rounded, often somewhat flattened."<ref name="Radford et al 1964">Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 902. Print.</ref>
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"Plant not stoloniferous, forming clumps of 1-several stems. Stems erect, 1.5-8 dm tall, simple or branched above, pubescent. Lowest leaves triangular-ovate, 0.7-3.5 cm long, 0.2-2 cm wide, obtuse or acute, crenate, base truncate to widely cuneate; petioles 0.8-2.5 cm long. Upper leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2.5-6 cm long, acute or obtuse, entire to remotely crenate, base cuneate to attenuate; petioles 0-10 mm long, mostly obscured by blade tissue. Racemes 1-5 rarely more, terminating the stems, 0.3-2 dm long. Lowest bracts often leafy, reduced rapidly upward. Calyx 2.5-3 mm long in flower, 6-8 mm in fruit; corolla blue to violet, 1.3-2.5 cm long. Mericarps dark brown, tuberculate, the tubercles with broad apices, 1-1.5 mm long."<ref name="Radford et al 1964"/>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, ''S. integrifolia'' can be found next to flowing artesian wells, burned palmetto-slashpine flatwoods, burned longleaf pinewoods, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, mixed woodlands, at the mouth of creeks in swampy woodlands, marshes, creek banks, oak-hickory woods, moist depressions in pine woodlands, ''Nyssa-Cypress'' swamps, floodplains, and edges of calcereous glades (FSU Herbarium). It can occur in disturbed sites such as roadside ditches, powerline corridors, hammock slopes, along railroad depressions, peaty ditches bordering flatwoods, swamp clearings, along gas pipe line corridors, and slight seepage swale in cutover upland longleaf pine savannas. Soils include sandy loam, loamy soil, loamy clay, and peaty soils (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include ''Rhexia petiolata, Polygala cruciata, Polygala, Drosera'', and ''Lachnanthes'' (FSU Herbarium).
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In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, ''S. integrifolia'' can be found next to flowing artesian wells, burned palmetto-slashpine flatwoods, burned longleaf pinewoods, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, mixed woodlands, at the mouth of creeks in swampy woodlands, marshes, creek banks, oak-hickory woods, moist depressions in pine woodlands, ''Nyssa-Cypress'' swamps, floodplains, and edges of calcereous glades.<ref name="FSU Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Cecil R Slaughter, Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, Robert K. Godfrey, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, Grady W. Reinert, Andre F. Clewell, R. D. Houk, P. L. Redfearn, Jr., H. Kurz, Jean W. Wooten, E. S. Ford, P. White, Gary R. Knight, Sidney McDaniel, Elmer C. Prichard, Ira L. Wiggins, W. D. Reese, Herbert Monoson, Simpson, L. B. Trott, James D. Ray, Jr., George R. Cooley, Robert Kral, R. J. Eaton, H. Kurz, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, D. C. Hunt, Kevin Oakes. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Charlotte, Clay, Columbia, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Leon, Manatee, Nassau, Orange, Okaloosa, Osceola, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Seminole, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.</ref> It can occur in disturbed sites such as roadside ditches, powerline corridors, hammock slopes, along railroad depressions, peaty ditches bordering flatwoods, swamp clearings, along gas pipe line corridors, and slight seepage swale in cutover upland longleaf pine savannas. Soils include sandy loam, loamy soil, loamy clay, and peaty soils.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
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''S. integrifolia''  decreased its occurrence in response to soil disturbance by agriculture in southwest Georgia savannas. It has shown resistance to regrowth in reestablished savanna habitat that was disturbed by agricultural practices.<ref>Kirkman, L.K., K.L. Coffey, R.J. Mitchell, and E.B. Moser. Ground Cover Recovery Patterns and Life-History Traits: Implications for Restoration Obstacles and Opportunities in a Species-Rich Savanna. (2004). Journal of Ecology 92(3):409-421.</ref>
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Associated species include ''Rhexia petiolata, Polygala cruciata, Polygala, Drosera'', and ''Lachnanthes.''<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/>
  
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
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''S. integrifolia'' has been observed flowering March through July with peak inflorescence in April and May and fruiting March through July and November.<ref name="FSU Herbarium"/><ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 13 DEC 2016</ref>
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===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
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This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity.<ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref> 
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Populations of ''Scutellaria integrifolia'' have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.<ref>Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref>
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 11:05, 15 July 2022

Scutellaria integrifolia
Scutellaria integrifolia Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae ⁄ Labiatae
Genus: Scutellaria
Species: S. integrifolia
Binomial name
Scutellaria integrifolia
L.
SCUT INTE dist.jpg
Natural range of Scutellaria integrifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Helmet flower, Helmet skullcap

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: Scutellaria integrifolia var. hispida Bentham; S. integrifolia var. integrifolia

Description

"Perennial herbs with quadrangular, erect to ascending stems; stolons absent, or present and underground. Leaves sessile or petiolate. Racemes bracteate, often paniculate. Calyx zygomorphic, 2-lobed, the upper lobe crested, very small in flower and enlarging in fruit; corolla zygomorphic , upper lip galeate, 3-lobed, lower lip unlobed, usually white in the throat. The blue-flowered species occasionally have white flowered forms. Stamens 4, exserted; stigma 2-parted. Mericarps dark brown to black, closely set with tubercles or papillae in somewhat concentric rings, rounded, often somewhat flattened."[1]

"Plant not stoloniferous, forming clumps of 1-several stems. Stems erect, 1.5-8 dm tall, simple or branched above, pubescent. Lowest leaves triangular-ovate, 0.7-3.5 cm long, 0.2-2 cm wide, obtuse or acute, crenate, base truncate to widely cuneate; petioles 0.8-2.5 cm long. Upper leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2.5-6 cm long, acute or obtuse, entire to remotely crenate, base cuneate to attenuate; petioles 0-10 mm long, mostly obscured by blade tissue. Racemes 1-5 rarely more, terminating the stems, 0.3-2 dm long. Lowest bracts often leafy, reduced rapidly upward. Calyx 2.5-3 mm long in flower, 6-8 mm in fruit; corolla blue to violet, 1.3-2.5 cm long. Mericarps dark brown, tuberculate, the tubercles with broad apices, 1-1.5 mm long."[1]

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, S. integrifolia can be found next to flowing artesian wells, burned palmetto-slashpine flatwoods, burned longleaf pinewoods, pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhills, mixed woodlands, at the mouth of creeks in swampy woodlands, marshes, creek banks, oak-hickory woods, moist depressions in pine woodlands, Nyssa-Cypress swamps, floodplains, and edges of calcereous glades.[2] It can occur in disturbed sites such as roadside ditches, powerline corridors, hammock slopes, along railroad depressions, peaty ditches bordering flatwoods, swamp clearings, along gas pipe line corridors, and slight seepage swale in cutover upland longleaf pine savannas. Soils include sandy loam, loamy soil, loamy clay, and peaty soils.[2]

S. integrifolia decreased its occurrence in response to soil disturbance by agriculture in southwest Georgia savannas. It has shown resistance to regrowth in reestablished savanna habitat that was disturbed by agricultural practices.[3]

Associated species include Rhexia petiolata, Polygala cruciata, Polygala, Drosera, and Lachnanthes.[2]

Phenology

S. integrifolia has been observed flowering March through July with peak inflorescence in April and May and fruiting March through July and November.[2][4]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity.[5]

Fire ecology

Populations of Scutellaria integrifolia have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[6]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 902. Print.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Cecil R Slaughter, Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, Robert K. Godfrey, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, Grady W. Reinert, Andre F. Clewell, R. D. Houk, P. L. Redfearn, Jr., H. Kurz, Jean W. Wooten, E. S. Ford, P. White, Gary R. Knight, Sidney McDaniel, Elmer C. Prichard, Ira L. Wiggins, W. D. Reese, Herbert Monoson, Simpson, L. B. Trott, James D. Ray, Jr., George R. Cooley, Robert Kral, R. J. Eaton, H. Kurz, Ed Keppner, Lisa Keppner, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, D. C. Hunt, Kevin Oakes. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Charlotte, Clay, Columbia, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lake, Leon, Manatee, Nassau, Orange, Okaloosa, Osceola, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Seminole, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
  3. Kirkman, L.K., K.L. Coffey, R.J. Mitchell, and E.B. Moser. Ground Cover Recovery Patterns and Life-History Traits: Implications for Restoration Obstacles and Opportunities in a Species-Rich Savanna. (2004). Journal of Ecology 92(3):409-421.
  4. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 13 DEC 2016
  5. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
  6. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.