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SCROPHULARIACEAE FIGWORT FAMILY

Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted


Annual to tree, generally glandular, some ± aquatic.
Stem: round to square in ×-section.
Leaf: simple, generally alternate, generally ± entire; stipules generally 0 (present in Limosella).
Inflorescence: spike to panicle ( head-like), generally bracted, or flowers 1–4 in axils.
Flower: generally bisexual; calyx lobes 4–5; corolla bilateral to radial, lobes 4–5; stamens epipetalous, 4–5, 5th a staminode in Scrophularia; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2.
Fruit: capsule, generally ± ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal, or drupe-like.
± 65 genera, 1700 species: ± worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (Verbascum). [Olmstead et al. 2001 Amer J Bot 88:348–361] Other taxa moved to Plantaginaceae (Antirrhinum, Bacopa, Collinsia, Cymbalaria, Digitalis, Dopatrium, Gambelia, Gratiola, Hebe, Holmgrenanthe, Keckiella, Kickxia, Limnophila, Linaria, Lindernia, Maurandella, Mohavea, Nothochelone, Penstemon, Pseudorontium, Stemodia, Synthyris, Tonella, Veronica), Orobanchaceae (Bellardia, Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Parentucellia, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Mimulus). —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Unabridged references: [Albach et al. 2005 Amer J Bot 92:297–315]

Key to Scrophulariaceae

1. Shrub or tree

2. Fls white to yellow or purple; parts generally in 4s; leaves generally opposite ..... BUDDLEJA

2' Fls white, purple-dotted; parts generally in 5s; leaves alternate ..... MYOPORUM

1' Annual to perennial herb (shrubby)

3. Annual, plant generally < 30 cm, scapose; generally ± aquatic or of wet habitats ..... LIMOSELLA

3' Biennial, perennial herb (shrubby), 30–200 cm, not scapose, inflorescence a raceme or panicle; plants generally of drier habitats

4. St square in ×-section; corolla bilateral, pale green to dark red or black; stamens 4, staminode 1; inflorescence generally a panicle ..... SCROPHULARIA

4' St round in ×-section; corolla ± radial, yellow or white (purple); stamens 5, staminode 0; inflorescence a raceme or panicle ..... VERBASCUM

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