Common name:
Common skullcap
Family:
Scientific name:
Scutellaria galericulata
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK though absent from northeast Scotland, and other mountainous areas
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Moist woodland, streambanks, fens, wet meadows
Flowers:
Paired flowers at the upper leaf nodes. The corolla is purple, whitish towards the base, up to 20 mm long, with a hooded upper lip and wider lower lip, while the green calyx, only around a quarter as long, has two lips, the upper with a projecting scale near the base. Calyces and corollas are hairy
Leaves:
Opposite, oblong to ovate, stalked, hairless, up to 5 cm long, lined by coarse, shallow teeth
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
