Description ²

This member of the mint family has a 2-lipped flower. The upper lip is hoodlike and the lower one is 3-lobed. The calyx which surrounds the floral tube at its base looks like the shape created when pinching the edge of a pie crust. Despite its small size (10-35 cm) and rather diffuse habit, this Skullcap is not often overlooked because of its handsome purple or violet-blue flowers.

Distribution (circa 2001) ³

Dry rocky, often serpentine slopes, oak woodland and coniferous forests from NW Calif. to the Modoc Plateau and northern Sierra Nevada Foothills; < 2000 m.

Fuentes y créditos

1. (c) casbotany, todos los derechos reservados, subido por casbotany
2. Adaptado por casbotany del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamiaceae
3. (c) casbotany, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Más información

• NaturaLista página del taxón
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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