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Scutellaria cardiophylla
Also called Heart Leaved Skullcap
Gulf skullcap is a small annual wildflower in the mint family, native to the southern central United States and rare across much of its range. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower in naturalistic or restoration plantings, and it prefers open, well-drained sites.
Scutellaria cardiophylla, known as gulf skullcap and heartleaf skullcap, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. It is native to Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma; it is considered a rare/imperiled species across most of its range. Skullcaps get their name from (and are recognized by) their crested calyx.
Its habitat may be rocky or sandy soil in seepage areas, ancient fields, banks, grassy regions in open woodlands, and woodland edges.
Alabama skullcap · Scutellaria alborosea · Alpine Scullcap · Nose skullcap · Florida scrub skullcap · Baikal Skullcap · Barbed Skullcap · Sierra skullcap · Scutellaria brachyspica · Britton's skullcap · California skullcap · Costa Rican Skullcap
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria cardiophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
