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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Sticky Skullcap

Scutellaria resinosa
native · Central Texas

Sticky Skullcap is a shrub native to Central Texas. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms blue and purple in Apr–Oct. Deer rarely browse it.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Low
Bloom
Apr–Oct · blue, purple
Soil
Takes caliche and clay
Deer
High — deer rarely browse it

Where it grows

20 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.