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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.
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 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.
As a result, Vincent's angina is widely confused with necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (previously also called "Vincent's gingivitis"), however the former is tonsillitis and pharyngitis, [6] and the latter involves the gums, and usually the two conditions occur in isolation from each other. The term "angina" is derived from a Latin word which ...
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 ]
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]
Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils in the upper part of the throat. It can be acute or chronic. [8] [9] [2] Acute tonsillitis typically has a rapid onset. [10] Symptoms may include sore throat, fever, enlargement of the tonsils, trouble swallowing, and enlarged lymph nodes around the neck. [1] [2] Complications include peritonsillar ...
Streptococcal pharyngitis, also known as streptococcal sore throat (strep throat), is pharyngitis (an infection of the pharynx, the back of the throat) caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a gram-positive, group A streptococcus.