Common Name: FIGWORT FAMILY Habit: 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[6--8], 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. Genera In Family: +- 65 genera, 1700 species: +- worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (Verbascum). Note: 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 (Diplacus, Erythranthe, Mimetanthe, Mimulus). eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: FIGWORT Habit: Annual, perennial herb, subshrub, erect, generally glandular-puberulent to -hairy. Stem: square in ×-section; (15)70--180 cm. Leaf: petioled; opposite, pairs at right angles to each other, lanceolate to triangular-ovate, serrate, dentate, or deeply cut, dark to light green, yellow-green, or gray-green (dull green), base cordate to truncate or occasionally +- wedge-shaped. Inflorescence: generally panicle of cymes, occasionally axillary cymes or flower 1; axes, pedicels generally slender, occasionally glabrous. Flower: calyx lobes 5, 2--4 mm, triangular-ovate to lanceolate, acuminate to acute or rounded, green, persistent, margins scarious or not; corolla 6--14 mm, inflated proximally, generally 2-colored, upper lip 2-lobed, generally darker than lower, lower lip < upper, 3-lobed, middle lobe reflexed, lateral lobes erect, mouth constricted; fertile stamens 4, included, 2 generally longer; staminode 0 or proximally fused to corolla, much-reduced, or elongated with expanded tip; stigma head-like or 2-lobed; nectary disk fleshy, at ovary base. Fruit: septicidal. Seed: oblong-ovoid, ridged. Etymology: (Latin: associated with the disease scrofula by the doctrine of signatures) eFlora Treatment Author: Kim R. Kersh Reference: Shaw 1962 Aliso 5:147--178
Scrophularia peregrina L.
NATURALIZED Habit: Annual, occasionally glabrous. Stem: 15--60(90) cm. Leaf: larger blades 3--5(7) cm, dark to light green. Inflorescence: flowers generally 1--5 in leaf axils; pedicels glandular-puberulent. Flower: calyx lobes 3 mm, lanceolate, green, acuminate, margins not scarious; corolla 6--9 mm, dark red to +- purple-brown, mouth +- constricted; staminode tip obovate to round; stigma 2-lobed. Ecology: Disturbed areas; Elevation: +- 400 m. Bioregional Distribution: SCo (Claremont, Los Angeles Co.); Distribution Outside California: native to +- Mediterranean region. Flowering Time: Mar--May Note: Introduced in SCo (Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden) for biosystematic studies in the 1950s. Likely to spread, potential threat to wildlands. Jepson eFlora Author: Kim R. Kersh Reference: Shaw 1962 Aliso 5:147--178 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Scrophularia lanceolata Next taxon: Scrophularia villosa
Citation for this treatment: Kim R. Kersh 2012, Scrophularia peregrina, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=76862, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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