Heartleaf Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
Heartleaf skullcap is a soft, silvery-leaved woodland perennial with spikes of hooded blue-violet flowers in summer, a handsome, drought-tolerant native groundcover for part shade.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- hummingbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV