Scutellaria lateriflora
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Scutellaria lateriflora's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 138 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Scutellaria lateriflora, (commonly "blue skullcap", "mad dog skullcap",Scutellaria lateriflora. NatureServe. 2012.mad dog, n. -compounds Oxford English Dictionary - mad dog because it was a supposed cure for hydrophobia, "American skullcap", "side-flowering skullcap", etc.) is a hardy perennial herb of the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to North America. It has an upright habit, growing 60 – in maximum height.Jepson Manual TreatmentWashington Burke Museum It is a wetland-loving species and grows near marshes, meadows, and other wet habitat. The blue flowers are just under 1 cm long. Most of the flowers do not appear at the top of the main stem, but are produced along the length of side branches that grow from the leaf axils.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology3
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Compounds documented for Scutellaria lateriflora across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds139 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATER | 863,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 780,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 293,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 270,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| CALAMENENE | 152,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| GUM | 120,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 109,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ASH | 96,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 92,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FIBER | 82,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Scutellaria lateriflora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Scutellaria lateriflora carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 802×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 881×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 443×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type8 138 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions111 of 159 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia, US | 384 |
| Madison, US | 296 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 276 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 204 |
| Québec, CA | 147 |
| Bloomington, US | 124 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 99 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 92 |
| Bronx, US | 90 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 71 |
| Saint Louis, US | 66 |
| Allentown, US | 63 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 56 |
| Burlington, US | 53 |
| Montréal, CA | 53 |
| New Haven, US | 52 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 51 |
| Saint John, CA | 47 |
| Williamsburg, US | 44 |
| Green Bay, US | 37 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 37 |
| Pullman, US | 33 |
| College Park, US | 31 |
| Corvallis, US | 29 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 28 |
| Toronto, CA | 26 |
| St. Paul, US | 26 |
| Bangkok, TH | 26 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 24 |
| Chadron, US | 22 |
| WINlocation not on record | 19 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 17 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 17 |
| Montréal, CA | 17 |
| Victoria, CA | 17 |
| Philadelphia, US | 14 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Lincoln, US | 13 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 12 |
| Moscow, US | 12 |
| Portland, US | 12 |
| Columbia, US | 11 |
| Flagstaff, US | 11 |
| Dekalb, US | 11 |
| Fayetteville, US | 10 |
| GB | 9 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 9 |
| Durham, US | 9 |
| Jackson, US | 9 |
| Staten Island, US | 9 |
| Davenport, US | 9 |
| Chicago, US | 9 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Whitewater, US | 8 |
| Pittsburg, US | 8 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 8 |
| Vancouver, CA | 8 |
| Spearfish, US | 7 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 7 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 7 |
| Little Rock, US | 7 |
| Millersville, US | 7 |
| Fairfax, US | 6 |
| GAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Norfolk, US | 6 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Emporia, US | 5 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 5 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 5 |
| Denver, US | 4 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| Knoxville, US | 3 |
| Fargo, US | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 3 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 3 |
| Conway, US | 3 |
| Richmond, US | 3 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Dover, US | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Davis, US | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Clemson, US | 3 |
| Phoenix, US | 3 |
| Waverly, US | 3 |
| Kingston, US | 3 |
| Baltimore, US | 3 |
| Decorah, US | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| Edmonton, CA | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| Pomona Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Brookings, US | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Springfield, US | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| Tacoma, US | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 2 |
| Tempe, US | 2 |
| Long Beach, US | 2 |
| Mount Berry, US | 2 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 1 |
| Due West, US | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Hamilton, US | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kirksville, US | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| KANUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| Asheville, US | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Pocatello, US | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| UMKClocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Missouri Department of Conservationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundlandlocation not on record | 1 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Arcata, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| CSBSJUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Albuquerque, US | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Cheney, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Scutellaria lateriflora was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.