Flora of North America species comparison

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Scrophularia parviflora

Scrophularia peregrina

pineland figwort

Mediterranean figwort
Habit Herbs, perennial, 5–11 dm; herbage light green to dark green, puberulent, more densely distally. Herbs, annual, 1.5–10 dm; herbage bright yellow-green, glabrate or 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 blade;

blade deltate to ovate, 5–10 cm, length 1.2–2 times width, base cordate to truncate, margins dentate.
Inflorescences

axillary, cymes.
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 dark brown-red or purple-red, usually unicolored, 6–9 mm, throat narrow;

staminode obovate to orbiculate, length greater than width.
2n

= 92.

= 36.

Scrophularia parviflora

Scrophularia peregrina
Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct. Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat Coniferous forests, riparian areas. Gardens, disturbed areas immediately adjacent.
Elevation 1500–3100 m. (4900–10200 ft.) 400 m. (1300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM
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from FNA
CA; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Scrophularia peregrina was introduced in Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden for biosystematic studies in the 1950s. It is abundant and weedy in the Garden and immediately adjacent in uncultivated and non-irrigated areas; it is considered likely to spread, with potential negative impacts on the native flora, especially in southern California (T. S. Ross and S. Boyd 1996).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 342. FNA vol. 17, p. 341.
Parent taxa Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia Scrophulariaceae > Scrophularia
Sibling taxa
S. atrata, S. californica, S. desertorum, S. laevis, S. lanceolata, S. macrantha, S. marilandica, S. montana, S. peregrina, S. villosa
S. atrata, S. californica, S. desertorum, S. laevis, S. lanceolata, S. macrantha, S. marilandica, S. montana, S. parviflora, S. villosa
Name authority Wooton & Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 173. (1913) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 621. (1753)
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