Lucas Land
Showy Skullcap
Scutellaria serrata
From Nearctica
Identification: Flowers tubular, narrow, violet. Upper petal a concave caplike structure with two smaller, lateral petal lobes. Bottom petal lobes fused into a downward hanging, bilobed lip. Corolla tube bent upwards. Flowers arranged in a terminal raceme (loose spike). Stem square and hairless. Leaves hairless, large, ovate, toothed. Lower leaves with base tapering into a long petiole. Plant 8 to 24 inches in height.
Distribution: Ohio and Mississippi in the west to New York and South Carolina in the east.
Habitat: Found in woods and along river banks.
Flowering period: May to June.