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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 family Scrophulariaceae in its APG IV (2016) [5] circumscription includes 62 genera and about 1830 known species. [6] As of May 2024, Plants of the World Online accepts 58 genera. [7] Leucophyllum frutescens Verbascum sp. near Shiraz, Iran
Scrophularia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus hectoides. [ citation needed ] Some species in this genus are known to contain potentially useful substances, such as iridoids , and several Scrophularia species, such as the Ningpo figwort ( S. ningpoensis ), have been used by herbal ...
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.
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
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 ]
Scrophularia oblongifolia (syn. S. umbrosa), green figwort, is a perennial herbaceous plant found in Europe and Asia. It grows in damp, shady places such as wet woodland and farmland ditches. It is very similar to the closely related Scrophularia auriculata (water figwort), from which it is best separated by the shape of the staminode.