Habitat: Heart-shaped Skullcap is found in woods, along riverbanks, particularly on limestone derived soils.
Flowering period: May to July.
Lucas Land
Heart-leaved Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
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. Lower margin of lip edged with white. Corolla tube bent upwards. Flowers arranged in terminal, branched racemes (loose spikes). Stem square. Leaves heart-shaped with base indented and outer margin heavily toothed. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.
Distribution: Minnesota in the west to Ohio and Maryland in the east, southward to Florida and Texas.