Scientific name: Scutellaria galericulata L.
Common name: Scullcap
Description
Habit: Perennial, to 50 cm high.
Stems: Erect to semi-erect, weak, square.
Leaves: Opposite, short-stalked, undivided, oblong-lanceolate, slightly toothed or crenate.
Flowers: Blue, zygomorphic, 15 mm long, in axillary pairs forming a sparse 1-sided spike; calyx tubular, of five fused sepals, 2-lipped, upper lip entire with a hollow and scale-like protuberance on its back, lower lip entire; corolla tubular, of 5 fused petals, more than twice as long as calyx, 2-lipped, lips nearly closed, upper lip concave and narrow, lower lip 3-lobed and flat; stamens 4, attached to the corolla, usually in two pairs, one longer than the other; ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of four 1-seeded nutlets.
Habitat: Lake-shores, marshes, rarely in wet places near the sea.Distribution: Rather rare.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No