Scutellaria multiglandulosa is a flowering plant in the genus Scutellaria and family Lamiaceae. It grows in parts of the Southeastern United States. It is sometimes referred to by the common name Small's skullcap.

Description S. multiglandulosa can reach a height between 1.5 and 8 decimeters (approximately 5.9 to 31.5 inches). The lowest-sitting leaves are triangular-ovate in shape and have a length of 0.7 to 3.5 centimeters. The higher leaves are range in shape from lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, with a length ranging between 2.5 and 6 centimeters.Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 902. Print.

When flowers are produced (between April and May) they are blue to violet in color.Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 19 MAY 2021 Petals are 1.3 to 2.5 centimeters in length.

Habitat Within the United States' Coastal Plain region, this species has been observed occurring in habitat types such as pine flatwoods, recently-burned scrubs, sandridges, and longleaf pine forests, among others.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: https://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert Kral, Robert K. Godfrey, R. D. Houk, D. B. Ward, Rodie White, Walter Kittredge, Roy Komarek. States and Counties: Florida: Citrus, Dixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Madison, Nassau, Taylor, Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.

It occurs in environments with loamy soil, loamy sand, sandy soil, and gravel.

Ecology

Scutellaria multiglandulosa is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Ceratina. Ulyshen, M. D., K. Robertson, S. Horn, and C. Dixon. 2024. Characterization of the bee community and pollination network in a southeastern U.S. pine savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1403602.

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