Flora of North America species comparison

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Scrophularia lanceolata

lance-leaf figwort, mountain figwort
Habit Herbs, perennial, 8–15 dm; herbage light green to dark green, glabrate or glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

petiole length 1/6–1/3 blade;

blade ovate to lanceolate, 9–15(–20) cm, length 1.5–3 times width, base truncate to slightly rounded, margins serrate to dentate.
Pedicels

moderately stout, glabrate or stipitate-glandular.
Flowers

corolla brown-red to green, unicolored or ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 8–11(–14) mm, throat relatively open;

staminode yellow-green, sometimes green to brown-red, flabellate, length less than width.
2n

= 96.

Scrophularia lanceolata
Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Damp places in open woods, riparian areas, meadows, canyons.
Elevation 0–2800 m. (0–9200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SD; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; NB; NS; ON; QC; SK
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Source FNA vol. 17, p. 343.
Parent taxa Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia
Sibling taxa
S. atrata, S. californica, S. desertorum, S. laevis, S. macrantha, S. marilandica, S. montana, S. parviflora, S. peregrina, S. villosa
Name authority Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 419. (1813)
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