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Scutellaria nummulariifolia

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Botanical Description

with creeping, branching and rooting runners, 3-9cm tall in bloom. Leaves rounded to obovate, entire, 5-10 by 3-9mm on petioles up to 3mm Flowers solitary, pinkish-purple, usually with a white throat, 1-1.5cm long. Late spring to summer in the wild. Argentina and Chile, from mid Patagonia to Fuegia and the Falkland Islands, in sandy and gravelly or sometimes boggy habitats. A n attractive species worthy of trial.