| Scientific Name: | Scutellaria barbata |
| Common Name: | barbed skullcap |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Pendulous, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Medicinal plant, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Blue, Purple, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, mostly 2-3cm long, rounded toothed, florets about 1cm long, blue-purple, pedicels with tiny, sharp bracteoles. | |