''Scutellaria elliptica'', commonly called hairy skullcap,
Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas is a species of flowering plant in the mint family (

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). It is a perennial

forb A forb or phorb is a herbaceous flowering plant that is not a graminoid (grass, sedge, or rush). The term is used in botany and in vegetation ecology especially in relation to grasslands and understory. Typically, these are eudicots without woo ...

found in the southeastern and mid-eastern states of the

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. It has blue flowers.

Distribution

Scutellaria elliptica is found in several of the

ranging from Texas on the west to New York on the east and Michigan on the north to Florida on the south. Its global conservation status is secure according to

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References

elliptica Endemic flora of the United States {{Lamiaceae-stub