Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Heart-Leaved Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata
[C-value
10]
Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Blooms June -
mid-July
The native Heart-Leaved Skullcap is rare in our area and is one of our Plants of Concern. It prefers dappled sunlight to medium shade and slightly moist loamy soil. Habitats include bottomland woodlands and slightly moist rich woodland openings. This lovely perennial is 1-3' tall with light green, heart-shaped leaves and narrow terminal racemes (3-12" long) of flowers, with only a few in bloom at the same time. The skullcap blossoms have a light blue or purple tubular corolla with 2 lips. The upper lip is a protective hood (skullcap), while the lower lip is larger, rounded and somewhat lobed.
Heart-leaved Skullcap at a Kendall County Forest Preserve woodland area June 7, 2012
Heart-leaved Skullcap at a Kendall County Forest Preserve woodland area June 26, 2017
Heart-leaved Skullcap at a Kendall County Forest Preserve woodland area June 14, 2013
Heart-leaved Skullcap seed nutlets at a Kendall County Forest Preserve woodland area August 21, 2015
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