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Scrophularia nodosa (also called figwort, woodland figwort, and common figwort) is a perennial herbaceous plant found in temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere except western North America. [1] It grows in moist and cultivated waste ground.
The genus Scrophularia of the family Scrophulariaceae comprises about 200 species of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as figworts.Species of Scrophularia all share square stems, opposite leaves and open two-lipped flowers forming clusters at the end of their stems.
Green figwort is very similar to the much commoner water figwort, which is why it was overlooked by botanists for so long. Differences include the leaf shape (sometimes lobed in water figwort), the teeth on the leaf margin (blunter in water figwort), and the shape of the staminode, which is bilobed in green figwort vs. entire in water figwort. [3]
Scrophularia desertorum is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name desert figwort. It is native to Nevada and eastern California where it grows in dry areas in local mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada and the desert ranges adjacent. It is a perennial herb producing clusters of erect stems that often ...
The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs.
Scrophularia lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common names lanceleaf figwort and American figwort. [4] It is native to North America, where it is known from western and eastern Canada and much of the United States except for the southeastern quadrant. [ 5 ]
Figwort usually refers to plants in the genus Scrophularia. Some other plants - mainly Lamiales formerly or still in the Scrophulariaceae - are also called "figwort". These include: [citation needed] Euphrasia officinalis (Red eyebright) Veronica officinalis (Common speedwell) Veronica anagallis-aquatica (Water speedwell)
Scrophularia ningpoensis, commonly known as the Ningpo figwort or Chinese figwort, is a perennial plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It reaches 1 m by 0.4 m. Its flowers are hermaphrodite , insect - pollinated and the plant usually flowers in late spring.