
Scutellaria integrifolia.© 2003 Eleanor Saulys.www.ct-botanical-society.org. (Accessed 4/2014).
Scutellaria integrifolia is a perennial herb 30-70 cm tall, stems finely hairy.
Leaves opposite, 2-6 cm long, 0.4-1.5 cm wide, lower leaves egg-shaped, stalked with margin blunt-toothed but soon deciduous, upper leaves lance-shaped, tip blunt, margin entire, surface sprinkled with tiny dots (punctate) stalk short or none, smaller upwards, bracts of inflorescence similar to leaves.
Flowers blue to pink, to 1.8-2.8 cm long, tubular, 2-lipped, lips entire, upper lip hood-shaped, in spikes at ends of stems; blooming June-July.
Fruit dry, 4 nutlets, rounded, blackish to 0.16 cm; fruiting July-Aug.
Wetland status: FACW.
Frequency in NYC: Very infrequent.
Origin: Native.
Habitat: Moist to wet fields, open woods, edges. Mostly on coastal plain.