Scutellaria brachyspica is a species of flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is endemic to Japan, where it is found on the islands of Honshu (south of Miyagi Prefecture) and Shikoku.[1][2] It is a common species in Japan.[3] Its natural habitat is in forest edges in hilly areas.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Scutellaria |
| Species: | S. brachyspica
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Scutellaria brachyspica is a perennial, growing to 50 cm tall. Its blue-white flowers are clustered in a short terminal spikes. It blooms from May to June.[1][3] The plant has a diploid number of 26.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c Scutellaria brachyspica (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
- ^ Scutellaria brachyspica Prof. Summer's Web Garden: Japanese Wild Flowers
- ^ a b Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 771.
- ^ Zaidanhozin Sensyokutai-Gakkai (2003). Chromosome Science. Vol. 7–8. Society of Chromosome Research. p. 129.