Britton's Skullcap
Scutellaria brittonii

Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)
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Photo taken on: June 15, 2014
Location: Wet Mountains, Eastern CO
Life Zones: Plains to montane
Habitat: Dry slopes, open pine forests

Grows to 8" high with leafy, hairy stems. Leaves are 2" long and generally point upwards. Flowers grow in pairs to 1 ¼" long from the base of the leaves. The flower is funnel-shaped and widens at the top with two lips, the upper hooded, the lower flared with white or paler blue stripes out of the throat.