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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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Species
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Scutellaria glabra Leonard
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PlaceOfPublication
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Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 22: 715, 1927.
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Description
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Subshrubs, erect, to 1.5 m, mostly glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate,. subentire or undulate, the bases shallowly cordate, to 18 cm long and 8 cm wide, glabrous; petioles ca 3-5 cm long. Inflorescences verticillasters, 1-2-flowered, arranged in a false raceme, ca 10-25 cm long, the bracts lanceolate, ca 3-5 mm
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Habit
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Subshrubs
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Description
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long, early deciduous. Flowers with pedicels ca 2-6 mm long; bracteoles 2, minute, less than 0.5 mm long; calyx 2.5-3 mm long in flower, enlarging to ca 5-6 mm in fruit, the squama of the upper lip extending to ca 4-5 mm in fruit; corolla red or blue, ca 2-2.5 cm long, the tube constricted above the calyx, then weakly expanded, the upper lip arched, the lower lip flat, naked within; lower stamen" pair attached 13-15 mm from the base, the anthers ca 0.6 mm long; gynobase conspicuous, asymmetrical and gynophore-like, the style long and slender, the branches unequal. Nutlets (3-)4, semi-spherical, black, evenly tuberculate, ca 2 mm in diameter.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: upper Chiriqui Viejo Valley, trail from Paso Ancho to Monte Lirio, Allen 1478 (MO); Chiriqui Viejo Valley, White 106 (MO).
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