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Scutellaria tuberosa
Also called Blue Skullcap
Scutellaria tuberosa is a species of perennial herb in the mint family commonly known as Danny's skullcap. A short, tuberous plant, it is characterized by violet-blue flowers when it is in bloom from March to July. It is native to western North America from Oregon through California to Baja California, where it is widespread throughout the mountain and coastal regions. It can be found in forest and woodland habitat, and a variety of open habitat types, often appearing in areas recently cleared by wildfire.
Scutellaria tuberosa is widely distributed across the California Floristic Province, from southern Oregon and most of California to northern Baja California. It is generally absent from the deserts of California, along with most of the Central Valley, except for the Sutter Buttes. It reaches its southern limit around the foothills of Ensenada in Baja California.
Alabama skullcap · Scutellaria alborosea · Alpine Scullcap · Nose skullcap · Florida scrub skullcap · Baikal Skullcap · Barbed Skullcap · Sierra skullcap · Scutellaria brachyspica · Britton's skullcap · California skullcap · Gulf skullcap
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scutellaria tuberosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
