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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Scrophularia L., Sp. Pl. 619 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Figwort
Description
Perennial, biennial or annual herbs or small shrubs with square stems. Lvs usually opposite, entire to pinnatisect. Fls in cymes in the axils of upper lvs or bracts, and sometimes forming terminal racemes or panicles, occasionally solitary. Calyx with 5 equal lobes. Corolla tube short, ± globose; limb with 5 lobes, usually 2-lipped but sometimes almost regular. Fertile stamens 4, included or exserted; staminode usually 1 and scale-like, occasionally 0. Capsule globose to ovoid, septicidal. Seeds numerous, ovoid, rugose, small; wing 0.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
