Genus: Scutellaria

Common Names: skullcap

Description coming soon.

Distribution: widespread

Scutellaria 'Ultra Violet'

Description: perennial; a 2013 introduction by High Country Gardens. Compact, rounded growth and dense violet-purple flower spikes in summer. 

Height: to 6 in. Spread: to 15 in.

Scutellaria baicalensis

Common name(s): Baical skullcap

Description: perennial; one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Vigorous growth and large purple-blue flower spikes in summer.

Height: to 18 in. Spread: to 18 in.

Scutellaria cypria

Description: perennial; a rare species from Cyprus. Forms small cushion of foliage with two-toned pink and yellow flower spikes in summer. Requires gritty, fast-draining soil to thrive.

Height: to 8 in. Spread: to 8 in.

Scutellaria incana

Description: a perennial wildflower native to the Central and Eastern U.S. Sturdy, upright growth with ovate, toothed leaves and profuse blue-purple flower spikes in summer.

Height: to 3 ft. Spread: to 2 ft.

Scutellaria lateriflora

Common name(s): blue skullcap, American skullcap, mad dog skullcap

Description: a perennial wildflower found in the Eastern U.S. Vigorous, upright growth and small blue flowers in summer. One of two species of skullcaps that are commonly used in medicine and herbalism.

Height: to 3 ft. Spread: to 30 in.

Scutellaria orientalis

Description: perennial; a variable species native to the Mediterranean region. Finely divided leaves and long yellow flower spikes from late spring through summer.

Height: to 10 in. Spread: to 18 in.

Scutellaria pontica

Description: perennial; a low cushion of semi-evergreen foliage and magenta-pink flower spikes in summer. 

Height: to 4 in. Spread: to 6 in.

Scutellaria resinosa ex 'Smoky Hills'

Description: perennial; a seed-strain originally selected from a population in the Smoky Hills of Kansas. Small, gray-green leaves and purple-blue flower spikes in summer. 

Height: to 10 in. Spread: to 10 in.

Scutellaria rupestris

Description: perennial; native to cliffsides and rocky soils in Albania, Greece, and the surrounding islands. Scalloped, semi-evergreen foliage and wispy, purple flower spikes in summer.

Height: to 10 in. Spread: to 10 in.

Scutellaria suffrutescens

Description: perennial; native to deserts and dry shrublands of NE Mexico (and naturalized in Texas). Low-and compact with long-blooming red-pink flower spikes throughout summer.

Height: to 8 in. Spread: to 1 ft.