Wright's Skullcap
Scutellaria wrightiiAlso called Wright's Purple Skullcap
Wright's Skullcap is a perennial native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 1 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms blue and violet in Mar–Jul. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Deer rarely browse it. Good for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
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From our guide
Village of the HillsLow mounding perennial with small leaves and violet-blue flowers in spring.
Why it works here
Tidy enough for a rock garden edge and thrives in pure limestone gravel.
Watch out
Small — plant it in groups or it disappears. Needs sharp drainage.
The facts
6 sources- Type
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3+ hrs)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 1 ft
- Bloom
- Mar–Jul · blue, violet
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, limestone, loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it. Aromatic mint family
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, butterflies and hummingbirds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
502 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
In the Village of the Hills guide, but not on the grower stock lists we read yet. Ask a native-plant nursery.
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.