Scutellaria bolanderi ssp. austromontana (Southern Skullcap)

7/24/11 Cross-drainage at Waterline Road, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Southern Skullcap

SPECIES: Scutellaria bolanderi ssp. austromontana

FAMILY: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/24/2011

LOCATION: Cross-drainage at Waterline Road, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant 30–100 cm; rhizomes slender, tips ± swollen
Stem: hairs 1–2 mm, spreading, often gland-tipped
Leaves: basal petioles 2–10 mm; upper cauline blades ovate to cordate, crenate (rarely entire), base truncate to ± lobed, tip rounded
Flower: pedicel 2–3 mm; calyx 3–5 mm, ridged; corolla 13–19 mm, white, lower lip blue-mottled, inner surface long-soft-hairy
Fruit brown to black
Ecology: Gravelly soils, streambanks, oak or pine woodland
Elevation: 300–2000 m. 
Bioregional distribution: Sierra Nevada, Inner South Coast Ranges, San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, s Mojave Desert.

subsp. austromontana 

SOUTHERN SKULLCAP

Leaf length > 2 X width
Flower: corolla 12–14 mm
Ecology: Habitat like sp.
Elevation: 600–2000 m. 
Bioregional distribution: San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, s Mojave Desert.