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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Lamiaceae
Scutellaria lateriflora L.
blue skullcap, mad-dog skullcap
Scutellaria: from Latin scutella, "a small dish, tray or platter," and referring to the sepals which appear this way during the fruiting period
lateriflora: with flowers on the side
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 12"-28" tall, aromatic forb; stems square, solitary |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 1/4"-1/3" long, petals nearly straight;  inflorescence a 1"-4" long cluster (raceme) of stalked flowers mostly from the leaf axils; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, stalked, thin with pinnately arranged veins, wide rounded base, toothed |
| Habitat: | wet to moist; woods, shores, shallows |
| (Glossary) |
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