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Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata auriculata)

Description

Scrophularia umbrosa, the green figwort, water betony, or water figwort, is a perennial herbaceous plant found in temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere except western North America. Synonyms are Scrophularia alata Gilib.; Scrophularia ehrharti Stevens; Scrophularia hurstii Druce; Scrophularia towndrowi Druce. It grows in moist and cultivated waste ground.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Scrophulariaceae

              • Genus: Scrophularia