Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata

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Description

Short creeping perrenial often downy. Flowers 10-20 mm long, hairybright blue . Flowers in pairs a long the leafy stem ,Petal Tube sligtly curved 10 - 18 mm, Stem Square . Leaves opposite, soft, with shallow rounded teeth, short-stalked. Flowers with a tube much longer than the calyx, ending in typical two-lipped Labia. Leaves lanceolate, bluntly toothed , short stalked Stems have only has a few flowers open Calyx two-lobed, with a leaf-like scale on the back. Flowers Jul-Sep.

Height usually c 20 - 40 cm high

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