Scrophularia parviflora |
Scrophularia atrata |
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pineland figwort |
black-flower figwort, darkflower figwort |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 5–11 dm; herbage light green to dark green, puberulent, more densely distally. | Herbs, perennial, 10–15 dm; herbage light green to dark green, glandular-pubescent. |
Leaves | petiole length 1/6–1/3 blade; blade lanceolate to ovate, 4–7(–8) cm, length 2–3 times width, base truncate, margins dentate. |
petiole length 1/3–7/12 blade; blade deltate or ovate to lanceolate, 5–9(–11) cm, length 1.1–2 times width, base cordate to truncate, margins serrate to dentate. |
Pedicels | slender, glabrate or stipitate-glandular. |
slender, glabrate or stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | corolla red to green, unicolored or ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 6–8 mm, throat ± open; staminode obovate, length usually greater than width. |
corolla black-red, unicolored, sometimes ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 9–11 mm, throat constricted; staminode obovate, length greater than width, apex acute. |
2n | = 92. |
= ca. 92–96. |
Scrophularia parviflora |
Scrophularia atrata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Coniferous forests, riparian areas. | Calcareous, diatomaceous soils. |
Elevation | 1500–3100 m. (4900–10200 ft.) | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM
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CA
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Discussion | Scrophularia atrata is known from San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 342. | FNA vol. 17, p. 341. |
Parent taxa | Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia | Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Wooton & Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 173. (1913) | Pennell: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 99: 172. (1947) |
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