Heartleaf skullcap

Heart-leaved skullcap is a pubescent mint family member that features snapdragon-like, tubular, two-lipped, blue-purple flowers (with whitish lower lips) that bloom from May to September in branched terminal racemes (to 6” long) atop square pubescent stems clad with ovate, crenate-serrate, rugose, heart-shaped green leaves (to 4” long). Plants typically grow from 16-24” tall. This skullcap is native from Maryland to Kansas south to Tennessee, Texas and Mexico.