Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)

Hardy to Zones 5 to 11

Herbaceous perennial native to eastern and southern US.  Light-purple flowers, outsized to the plant, rise on hairy stalks to a height of 24 inches.  Helmet skullcap was traditionally employed by the Cherokee in much the same way as the official variety (Scutellaria lateriflora), as a nervine tonic and to allay the pain of menstrual cramps.  The plant prefers moist soils in the sun to part shade.  Space plants 1 to 2 feet apart.

Potted plant, certified organically grown