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figworts
Scrophularia
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. The genus is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Scrophularia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus hectoides.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Figwort
speciesScrophularia nodosa
California beeplant
speciesScrophularia californica
Water Figwort
speciesScrophularia auriculata
late figwort
speciesScrophularia marilandica
lanceleaf figwort
speciesScrophularia lanceolata
French Figwort
speciesScrophularia canina
Green Figwort
speciesScrophularia umbrosa
Peregrina
complexPeregrina
Balm-leaved Figwort
speciesScrophularia scorodonia
Vernalis
complexVernalis
Desert Figwort
speciesScrophularia desertorum
Scrophularia frutescens
speciesScrophularia frutescens
Scrophularia rupestris
speciesScrophularia rupestris
Italian Figwort
speciesScrophularia scopolii
Elder-leaved figwort
speciesScrophularia sambucifolia
pineland figwort
speciesScrophularia parviflora
Scrophularia grandiflora
speciesScrophularia grandiflora
Scrophularia glabrata
speciesScrophularia glabrata
Pale Figwort
speciesScrophularia lucida
Scrophularia alpestris
speciesScrophularia alpestris
Scrophularia incisa
speciesScrophularia incisa
Red-stemmed Figwort
speciesScrophularia rubricaulis
Scrophularia cretacea
speciesScrophularia cretacea
Jura figwort
speciesScrophularia juratensis
Variable-leaved Figwort
speciesScrophularia heterophylla
Scrophularia smithii
speciesScrophularia smithii
Yellow-Scaled Figwort
speciesScrophularia xanthoglossa
black-flowered figwort
speciesScrophularia atrata
Santa Catalina Figwort
speciesScrophularia villosa
Scrophularia trifoliata
speciesScrophularia trifoliata
Lebanese Figwort
speciesScrophularia libanotica
Scrophularia sublyrata
speciesScrophularia sublyrata
Scrophularia yoshimurae
speciesScrophularia yoshimurae
Scrophularia alata
speciesScrophularia alata
Altai white figwort
speciesScrophularia altaica
Scrophularia montana
speciesScrophularia montana
Scrophularia peyronii
speciesScrophularia peyronii
New Mexico Figwort
speciesScrophularia macrantha
Scrophularia lateriflora
speciesScrophularia lateriflora
Scrophularia deserti
speciesScrophularia deserti
Scrophularia olympica
speciesScrophularia olympica
Orientalis
complexOrientalis
Scrophularia heucheriflora
speciesScrophularia heucheriflora
Scrophularia hirta
speciesScrophularia hirta
Scrophularia herminii
speciesScrophularia herminii
Scrophularia kakudensis
speciesScrophularia kakudensis
Ningpo figwort
speciesScrophularia ningpoensis
Scrophularia tanacetifolia
speciesScrophularia tanacetifolia
Scrophularia calliantha
speciesScrophularia calliantha
Scrophularia laevigata
speciesScrophularia laevigata
Scrophularia variegata
speciesScrophularia variegata
Scrophularia pinardii
speciesScrophularia pinardii
Scrophularia wattii
speciesScrophularia wattii
Scrophularia divaricata
speciesScrophularia divaricata
Scrophularia provincialis
speciesScrophularia provincialis
Scrophularia edgeworthii
speciesScrophularia edgeworthii
Scrophularia bosniaca
speciesScrophularia bosniaca
Scrophularia racemosa
speciesScrophularia racemosa
Scrophularia hypericifolia
speciesScrophularia hypericifolia
Scrophularia kiriloviana
speciesScrophularia kiriloviana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.48
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.90
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.220
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.226
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.256
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.445
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.714
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.659
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1302
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.70
Medical and Philosophical Garden
Joachim Camerarius · 1588 · p.387
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.27
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50809.