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Alpine Skullcap

Scutellaria alpina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 5, June 85, July 210, August 74, September 10, October 12, November 1, December 0.
France397
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur290
Spain195
Italy154
Nord-Ovest146
Aragón83
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes72
Cataluña/Catalunya68
Andalucía25
Occitanie22

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
Genusskullcaps · Scutellaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Alpine Skullcap with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.