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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''. 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 medicine practitioners around the world. The name ''Scrophularia'' comes from scrofula, a form of tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tubercu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Scrophularia Species
This is a list of species in the plant genus ''Scrophularia'', commonly known as figworts. There are almost 300 species recognised in the genus ''Scrophularia'': List A *''Scrophularia aequilabris'' *''Scrophularia aestivalis'' *''Scrophularia alaschanica'' *''Scrophularia alata'' *''Scrophularia alhagioides'' *''Scrophularia alpestris'' *''Scrophularia altaica'' *''Scrophularia amadiyana'' *''Scrophularia amana'' *''Scrophularia amgunensis'' *''Scrophularia amplexicaulis'' *''Scrophularia arguta'' *''Scrophularia atrata'' *''Scrophularia atroglandulosa'' *''Scrophularia atropatana'' *''Scrophularia attariae'' *''Scrophularia auriculata'' *''Scrophularia azerbaijanica'' B *''Scrophularia badakhshanica'' *''Scrophularia badghysi'' *''Scrophularia bahorucana'' *''Scrophularia bheriensis'' *''Scrophularia birmanica'' *''Scrophularia bitlisica'' *''Scrophularia bosniaca'' *''Scrophularia botryoides'' *''Scrophularia botschanzevii'' *''Scrophularia buer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Macrantha
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''. 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 medicine practitioners around the world. The name ''Scrophularia'' comes from scrofula, a form of tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Oblongifolia
''Scrophularia oblongifolia'' (syn. ''S. umbrosa''), green figwort, is a Perennial plant, 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. Description Green figwort is a Raunkiær plant life-form, hemicryptophyte perennial monoecious herb with no basal rosette and a short rhizome, which grows to about 100 cm tall. The whole plant is a rather pale green colour, sometimes with a hint of brown or purple, and completely glabrous (hairless). The stem is square in section, with broad wings at the angles, and generally rather weak, causing the plant to sprawl over vegetation rather than growing upright on its own. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on petioles up to 15 mm long, with an ovate to oblong blade of about 12 × 4 cm and a fairly pointed tip, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophulariaceae
The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including tropical mountains. The family name is based on the name of the included genus ''Scrophularia'' L. Taxonomy In the past, it was treated as including about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but its circumscription has been radically altered since numerous molecular phylogenies have shown the traditional broad circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic. Many genera have recently been transferred to other families within the Lamiales, notably Plantaginaceae and Orobanchaceae, but also several new families. - on linhere/ref> Several families of the Lamiales have had their circumscriptions enlarged to accommodate genera transferred from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Umbrosa
''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. Description Green figwort is a hemicryptophyte perennial monoecious herb with no basal rosette and a short rhizome, which grows to about 100 cm tall. The whole plant is a rather pale green colour, sometimes with a hint of brown or purple, and completely glabrous (hairless). The stem is square in section, with broad wings at the angles, and generally rather weak, causing the plant to sprawl over vegetation rather than growing upright on its own. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on petioles up to 15 mm long, with an ovate to oblong blade of about 12 × 4 cm and a fairly pointed tip, with a rounded (but not cordate) base. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Lanceolata
''Scrophularia lanceolata'' is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common names lanceleaf figwort and American figwort. 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. Past common names include Western figwort when the western US plants were grouped under the name ''Scrophularia occidentalis'' and the eastern US plants were called ''Scrophularia leporella'' with the common name hare figwort.Gentianaceae to Compositae; gentian to thistle'. Dover Publications; 1970. . p. 180. Description and habitat ''Scrophularia lanceolata'' is a perennial herb producing clusters of erect or spreading stems up to 1.5 meters long. The oppositely arranged leaves have toothed, triangular or lance-shaped blades up to long which are borne on short petioles. The inflorescence is a wide-open panicle with several hairy, glandular branches bearing flowers. The flower has a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Grandiflora
''Scrophularia grandiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) endemic to Portugal. Description ''Scrophularia grandiflora'' is a perennial rhizomatous pubescent herb with stems up to tall, ramified at the base. pinnatisect leaves. Inflorescence is usually long with a group of 10 flowers at the base and the rest around 2-6 flowers, opposed, occasionally alternate. Petals are pinkish-flesh, upper lip is purple pink. Anthers are yellow, sometimes with bluish margins. Staminode is purple. Seed capsule is ovoid, very hard when mature and is brown or greenish brown. Seeds are brown-blackish. Distribution and habitat ''Scrophularia grandiflora'' is endemic to central west Portugal, mainly in the districts of Coimbra and Leiria, and partially on Santarém and Lisbon where it inhabits slopes and shoulders of paths, empty spaces and forest edges, preferably in shady, humid and somewhat disturbed places. Usually altitude but is also found at much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Nodosa
''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. It grows in moist and cultivated waste ground. Growth It grows upright, with thick, sharply square, succulent stems up to 150 cm tall from a horizontal rootstock. Its leaves are opposite, ovate at the base and lanceolate at the tip, all having toothed margins. The flowers are in loose cymes in oblong or pyramidal panicles. The individual flowers are globular, with five green sepals encircling green or purple petals, giving way to an egg-shaped seed capsule. Fossil record Seed identification of ''Scrophularia nodosa'' has been made from sub-stage IIIa of the Hoxnian at Clacton in Essex, from the Middle Pleistocene. Folklore The plant was thought, by the doctrine of signatures The doctrine of signatures, also known as the doctrine of correspondences, states that herbs or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Californica
''Scrophularia californica'' is a flowering plant in the figwort family which is known by the common names California figwort and California bee plant. It is native to the western United States, including many habitats in California, and in British Columbia. Description ''Scrophularia californica'' is an unassuming plant with triangular, toothed, blue-green leaves in pairs opposite each other on a spindly, squared stem. The brownish-magenta flowers are rounded, hollow buds about a centimeter long with two long upper lobes. Relationships with animals This species is a strong bee attractant and also serves as a host plant for variable checkerspot larvae. While bees cannot see the color red, they are nevertheless able to see the flower, likely due to their ability to sense the UV light emitted by the flowers. The checkerspot is able to utilize iridoid glycosides in the sap to make its larva poisonous and adults unpalatable to predators. Human uses Native American groups in nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrophularia Canina
''Scrophularia canina'', the dog figwort or French figwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. Description ''Scrophularia canina'' have a growth form that supports itself and are usually herbaceous perennials. This species has simple and broad leaves, square stems with small two lipped flowers borne in loose terminal clusters. Individual plants can grow to in height. Distribution ''Scrophularia canina'' is found in most of southern and central Europe, and in north Africa. Seed dispersal is affected by wind gusts and plant structure. Uses It has been used be used in a phytoremediation experiment and has proven to be a more efficient accumulator of lead than ''Pistacia lentiscus ''Pistacia lentiscus'' (also lentisk or mastic) is a dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus '' Pistacia'' native to the Mediterranean Basin. It grows up to tall and is cultivated for its aromatic resin, mainly on the Greek isl ...''. References ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
