Lamiaceae
Tall skullcap
Scutellaria altissima
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Scutellaria
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bulgarian
- Висока превара
- Chinese
- 高黄芩
- Czech
- Šišák vysoký
- English
- Tall skullcap
- Finnish
- Isovuohennokka
- French
- Scutellaire très élevée, Scutellaire élevée
- German
- Hohes Helmkraut
- hsb
- Wysoki šišak
- Polish
- Tarczyca wyniosła
- Swedish
- Stor frossört
- Ukrainian
- Шоломниця висока
- Welsh
- Cycyllog Gwlad-yr-haf
Synonyms
- Cassida altissima (L.) Moench
- Scutellaria altissima subsp. commutata (Guss.) Nyman
- Scutellaria commutata Guss
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 76 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Panek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Martin Jung, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Edmundas Greimas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.