Heart-Leaved Skullcap (Scutellaria ovata) - Garden.org

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	18 inches
Plant Spread:	12 to 16 inches
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Blue
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic
Uses:	Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods:	Offsets

Common names

Heart-Leaved Skullcap
Skullcap
Downy Skullcap
Heart-Leaf Skullcap
Heartleaf Skullcap

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Location: My back yard, Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
The flowers of this plant are just adorable.

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Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09

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Location: Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05

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Location: My back yard, Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
The color of these flowers is amazing.

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Location: Plano, TX

Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-11-23
These seedlings are a few weeks old.

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-05-11
The color of these flowers is amazing.

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Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-06-02

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Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09

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Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-10-26

Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: Austin ,TX
Date: February
Emerging from winter

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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-06-13

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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-06-06

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Location: Mercer Botanical Garden Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-21

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Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09

Uploaded by DaylilySLP

Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2012-06-09

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Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
Green leaves in winter.

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Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-05-19

Uploaded by TexasPlumeria87

Location: Mercer Botanical Garden Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19

Uploaded by jmorth

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Posted by frostweed (Arlington, Texas - Zone 8a) on Oct 12, 2011 9:39 PM concerning plant:

A very interesting thing about this plant is that it goes dormant and disappears in August then in October it starts to grow again and remains green all winter.
The leaves are very soft and velvety.

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on May 25, 2013 1:54 AM concerning plant:

"Scutellaria ovata, commonly known as the heart-leaf skullcap, is a member of the mint family. Its range in the United States is from Minnesota to Florida, and from Kansas to the Atlantic coast, although the plant is listed as threatened in Minnesota and was considered "probably extirpated" from Michigan.

Recently, heart-leaf skullcap was found in The Nature Conservancy's Ives Road Fen Preserve in Tecumseh, Michigan. This was the first documented occurrence of the species in Michigan since 1918."

Taken from wikipedia's page at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

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