| Description | A small to medium wild flower with blue flowers and found growing in moist sites. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (skew-teh-LARE-ee) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | moist |
| Soil & Site | wet shores, meadows and marshes, peat muck soils |
| Flowers | 5 parted, 2 lipped calyx solitary blue with white markings, in axils of the leaves |
| Leaves | opposite, short stalked to nearly stalkless, up to 2 inches long. |
| Stems | angled |
| Dimensions | 6"-32" tall, erect perennial |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Scutellaria is derived from Latin scutella, meaning a small dish, tray or platter, referring to the sepals which appear this way during the fruiting period. The species name galericulata means a small cap. |
| Notes & Reference | #46-Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin (Eggers and Reed), #65-North Woods Wildflowers (Doug Ladd), #218-Flora of Wisconsin (wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu) |
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