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Scrophularia marilandica, also called late figwort, Maryland figwort, carpenter's square, or eastern figwort, is a flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native throughout eastern and central North America, where it is found growing in dry woods from Manitoba and Quebec south to Texas and Florida.
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. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry.
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.
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 lanceolata — hare figwort; Scrophularia marilandica — Carpenter's square figwort; Scrophularia oregana — Oregon figwort; Synthyris borealis — Alaska kittentail; Tonella tenella — smallflower tonella; Triphysaria eriantha — Jonny-Turk owl's-clover; Triphysaria pusilla — dwarf owl's-clover
Myoporum is a genus of flowering plants in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae (formerly placed in Myoporaceae).There are 30 species in the genus, eighteen of which are endemic to Australia although others are endemic to Pacific Islands, including New Zealand, and one is endemic to two Indian Ocean islands.
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 ...
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 ]