Monthly Archives: May 2010

Southern Showy Skullcap – Scutellaria pseudoserrata – Added to USWildflowers Database

Southern Showy Skullcap, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database. Scientific name is Scutellaria pseudoserrata.  This plant also goes by the common name Falseteeth Skullcap which is the USDA National Common Name for Scutellaria pseudoserrata.

Southern Showy Skullcap - Scutellaria pseudoserrata

Southern Showy Skullcap – Scutellaria pseudoserrata

USWildflowers.com Website Update – State Reference Page

Two small changes to the State Reference Page on USWildflowers.com.

  1. Randomized the thumbnails representing each color of species for the queried state.  I’ve been wanting to do this for a while, but never took the time to track down how to randomize the species selection query results.  Turned out to be a simple clause addition to the MySQL query.  I’m pleased with the results.  You get a different thumbnail for each color each time you hit the page.  I’ve also restricted those thumbnails to select only from the U.S. native plants. 
  2. Added a Google Adsense advertisement at the bottom.  Sorry, folks, but these haven’t seemed to  be too intrusive, and I’m still trying to break even on that monthly web hosting fee.