Mad-dog Skullcap
Mad-dog Skullcap
Scuttellaria lateriflora
Mint Family - Lamiaceae
Spaced at intervals on one side of stalks arising at the leaf axils are pairs of blue or pinkish violet flowers. Each flower is 3/8 to 1/2 inch long with a dome-like, hooded upper lip and a projecting lower lip.

Leaves egg-shaped, coarsely toothed and 1 to 5 inches long.

(Photographed - August)
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