Japanese name: スクテラリア ジャワニカ Scientific name:Scutellaria javanica
[Overview]
A perennial or subshrub 1 m tall.
The stems, inflorescences, flower stalks, calyces and other parts are covered with very fine hairs.
The leaves are simple and opposite, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 4–9.5 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide, with pointed tips and 4–8 pairs of low wavy teeth on the margins.
A raceme 7–14 cm long is produced at the stem tip, with the flowers borne turned to one side.
The corolla is deep purple and about 3 cm long; the flowers are lipped, with the tube bent at the base and rising obliquely, the upper lip hooded, and the lower lip 3-lobed and longer than the upper lip.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
It prefers well-drained soil in sun to partial shade.
Water thoroughly when the soil surface dries.
From spring to autumn, apply slow-release fertilizer placed on the soil.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
