Skullcap - Scutellaria galericulata
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Species Description
Widespread but local throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Wet places such as ponds, rivers, canals, marshes, fens, fen-meadows, wet woodland, dune-slacks etc. It also grows on coastal boulder beaches. Growing habit: Perennial. Height: Up to 50 cm. Flowers: June to September. Other names include: Common Skullcap, Marsh Skullcap, Hooded Skullcap.
Stace 4:
Scutellaria galericulata L. - Skullcap.
Stems erect to decumbent, to 50cm; leaves narrowly ovate-elliptic to lanceolate, cordate to rounded at base, crenate, sessile to shortly petiolate; calyx with rather sparse eglandular hairs; corolla 10-20mm, blue; 2n=30, 32. Native; fens, wet meadows, by ponds and rivers; locally common throughout most of British Isles.
Key:
- Flowers in axils of foliage leaves; leaves very rarely >5cm, with petioles <1cm
- Corolla 10-20mm, blue, with strongly bent tube
Useful Links:
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora