Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Scutellaria
Species: S. lateriflora
Characteristics:
leaves - opposite, 3" long and 2" across, cordate-ovate to broadly lanceolate, hairless and coarsely serrated along the margins, on the top network of views.
flowers - produced on the upper stem, small 2 lobes, slender, usually there are only a flowers in bloom at a time.
Adaptations:
roots system consists of a taproot, produce small colonies. Some medicinal values, once thought to cure rabies, but thats not acutally true
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