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
- 1.33–1.67 ft
- Spacing
- 0.67–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV