Helmet Flower Scutellaria integrifolia
Other Common Name(s):
Other plants called Helmet Flower:
- Phonetic Spelling
- skoot-ul-AIR-ee-uh in-teg-rih-FOE-lee-uh
- Description
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Helmet Skullcap is a perennial wildflower plant in the mint family. It has narrow, pointed leaves, with racemes of blue-purple flowers in late spring into summer.
It can typically be found in pine woods, low meadows, in forests, roadsides, and savannas.
- See this plant in the following landscapes:
- Pinehurst Greenway Pollinator Habitat Garden, Moore County Woodland Backyard Garden Walk
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Scutellaria
- Species:
- integrifolia
- Family:
- Lamiaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Eastern U.S.A. to Texas
- Dimensions:
- Height: 1 ft. 4 in. - 1 ft. 8 in.
- Width: 0 ft. 8 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Native Plant
- Wildflower
- Habit/Form:
- Erect
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Drainage:
- Moist
- Occasionally Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
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Fruit:
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Summer
- Fruit Description:
- Fruits are available July-August.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Blue
- Pink
- Purple/Lavender
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Lipped
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- This plant has 1" purplish-blue, two-lipped flowers, often whitish below. Flowers bloom May-July. The flowers have some hairs on them.
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Linear
- Obovate
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Leaves near the top are 1-2", narrow, untoothed and stalkless, while the lower leaves are slender stalked, egg-shaped, and toothed. Some of the top leaves have hairs, but the majority of leaves are not hairy.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Form:
- Straight
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
- Stem Description:
- Pubescent stem
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Native Garden
- Pollinator Garden
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Moths
- Pollinators
- Songbirds
