Helmet Skullcap
Scutellaria integrifolia
Helmet skullcap is a slender native perennial topped with showy hooded blue-violet flowers in early summer, an easy, drought-tolerant plant for sunny to part-shaded gardens and a good bee plant.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- purple, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV