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Definition. Skullcap consists of the above ground (leaf, stem and flower) or aerial parts, which are collected when the plant is in flower between July and September (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, 1983). The herb can be fresh, dried, whole, crushed, chopped or pressed (Youngken, 1948). Marcroscopic identification.
Scutellaria have four-angled stems and opposite leaves, and flowers with upper and lower lips. The genus is most easily recognized by the typical shield on the calyx that has also prompted its common name.
13 cze 2023 · Scutellaria suffrutescens (pink skullcap) is known for its showy bloom of pink flowers. Despite one of its common names being the pink Texas skullcap, this herb is not native to Texas, but took off after its introduction due to its tolerance to droughts.
Scutellaria suffrutescens, commonly known as skullcap, is a low-growing, woody-based, herbaceous perennial in the mint family. It features tiny, tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like, pink to rose flowers, to ¾ inch which bloom non-stop from May to October atop square stems clad with small, oval-rounded, thyme-like, gray-green foliage.
Unknowingly, people have taken “pink skullcap” or other germander species thinking it was the true, medicinal skullcap due to the adulterants. Pink skullcap possesses hepatotoxic properties, so skullcap was lumped with a reputation for causing liver damage.
19 lip 2024 · Skullcap (Scutellaria) is a flowering herb, the delicate flowers resemble tiny helmets or skull caps, which is how it got its name. Depending on the variety, skullcap flowers can be blue, purple, pink, red, or white.
Also known as skullcap, due to the shape of its seeds, or the ‘upside down salvia’, Scutellaria suffrutescens 'Texas Rose' forms mounds of neat foliage. These mounds are smothered by two-lipped, deep-pink flowers from midsummer, well into autumn.
