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lance-leaf figwort, mountain figwort

California bee plant, California figwort, Oregon figwort

Habit Herbs, perennial, 8–15 dm; herbage light green to dark green, glabrate or glandular-pubescent. Herbs, perennial, 8–12 dm; herbage light green to dark green, 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.

petiole length 1/3–1/2 blade;

blade deltate or ovate to lanceolate, 8–17 cm, length 1.5–3 times width, base cordate to truncate, sometimes cuneate, margins serrate or dentate, sometimes incised.

Pedicels

moderately stout, glabrate or stipitate-glandular.

slender to 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.

corolla red, brown-red, or green, unicolored or ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 8–12 mm, throat narrow to open;

staminode red, brown-red, or green, clavate to obovate, length greater than width, apex sometimes acute.

2n

= 96.

= ca. 90–96.

Scrophularia lanceolata

Scrophularia californica

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Damp places in open woods, riparian areas, meadows, canyons. Relatively damp places on slopes, chaparral, woodlands, roadsides.
Elevation 0–2800 m. (0–9200 ft.) 0–2500 m. (0–8200 ft.)
Distribution
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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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AZ; CA; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Subspecies (or var.) floribunda, characteristically from inland and drier areas, may be part of a complex of infraspecific diversity within Scrophularia californica needing investigation.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 343. FNA vol. 17, p. 343.
Parent taxa Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia
Sibling taxa
S. atrata, S. californica, S. desertorum, S. laevis, S. macrantha, S. marilandica, S. montana, S. parviflora, S. peregrina, S. villosa
S. atrata, S. desertorum, S. laevis, S. lanceolata, S. macrantha, S. marilandica, S. montana, S. parviflora, S. peregrina, S. villosa
Synonyms S. californica subsp. floribunda, S. californica var. floribunda, S. californica var. oregana, S. multiflora, S. oregana
Name authority Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 419. (1813) Chamisso & Schlechtendal: Linnaea 2: 585. (1827) — (as Scrofularia)
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