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Scutellaria gaumeri Leonard

Herb; leaves opposite, simple, elliptic, base acute, margin toothed, apex obtuse; flowers in axils of reduced leaves near the ends of stems; calyx with prominent protuberance on the upper side; corolla bilaterally symmetric, pale violet with white nectar guide on lowermost lobe; fruit four nutlets enclosed within the persistent calyx.

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