''Warnockia'' is a genus from the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1996. It contains only one known species, ''Warnockia scutellarioides'', the prairie brazosmint, native to the south-central

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Etymology

The genus name honors Barton Warnock, a 20th-century Texan botanist. The specific epithet ''scutellarioides'' (suffixed with ') means "'' Scutellaria''-like", referring to a resemblance to another genus in the Lamiaceae. It was also called the prairie brazoria, as it was formerly placed in the genus '' Brazoria''.

References

Lamiaceae Monotypic Lamiaceae genera Flora of Texas Flora of Oklahoma Flora of Coahuila {{Lamiaceae-stub