Helmet Skullcap is a perennial wildflower plant in the mint family. It has narrow, pointed leaves, with racemes of blue-purple flowers in late spring into summer. It can typically be found in pine woods, low meadows, in forests, roadsides, and savannas.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Soil drainage
Moist | Occasionally Dry
Available space
Less than 12 inches
NC region
Coastal; Mountains; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 1 ft. 4 in. - 1 ft. 8 in. | Width: 0 ft. 8 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
Canopy layer
4 - Herbaceous (1-3 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Erect
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf shape
Linear; Obovate; Ovate
Leaf margin
Entire
Leaf size
1-3 inches long
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Leaves near the top are 1-2", narrow, untoothed and stalkless, while the lower leaves are slender stalked, egg-shaped, and toothed. Some of the top leaves have hairs, but the majority of leaves are not hairy.
Flower color
Blue; Pink; Purple/Lavender; White
Flower form
Raceme
Flower shape
Lipped
Flower size
1-3 inches
Flower detail
This plant has 1" purplish-blue, two-lipped flowers, often whitish below. Flowers bloom May-July. The flowers have some hairs on them.