| Flowers of 4-5 parts with swollen corolla tubes which flare into 2 lobes above and 3 below. Stamens mostly 1 or in pairs and attached to the corolla tube, 1 style. Leaves can be opposite or alternate. Easily confused with Labiatae (mints) which have square stems. | |
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| Flower Formula: Sepals (5); Petals (5)z | Glossary |
| Genus  (Click for Taxon List) |
WI Taxa (map link) |
Photo | Genus Traits | Google Searches |
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| Agalinis
false foxglove |
8 | ![]() |
Flowers pink with 4 stamens, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled; linear. | Images Information |
| Antirrhinum
snapdragon |
1 | ![]() |
Flower from red-purple to cream; with broad spur or pouch. | Images Information |
| Aureolaria
false foxglove |
5 | ![]() |
Flowers yellow with 4 stamens, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Bacopa
water-hyssop |
1 | ![]() |
Flowers blue, nearly regular with 5 sepals, solitary in axil of leaves. Aquatic. Leaves opposite. | Images Information |
| Besseya
kitten's-tail |
1 | ![]() |
Flowers yellow, irregular with 2 stamens. Stems erect. Leaves alternate or basal. | Images Information |
| Castilleja
Indian paintbrush, painted-cup |
2 | ![]() |
Flowers red or yellow, irregular with 4 stamens. Petals much less than 2x longer than sepals. Stems erect. Leaves alternate or basal. | Images Information |
| Chaenorhinum
dwarf snapdragon |
1 | ![]() |
Flower pale purple with narrow spur or pouch in racemes at axils of leaves. Stems erect. | Images Information |
| Chelone
snakehead, turtlehead |
2 | ![]() |
Flowers yellow to red with 4 stamens, bracts, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Collinsia
blue-eyed-Mary |
1 | ![]() |
Flowers pale purple with 4 stamens, bracts, upper lip not forming hood, two lipped, lower one folded downward. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Dasistoma
|
1 | ![]() |
Flowers yellow with 4 stamens, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Digitalis
foxglove |
4 | ![]() |
Flowers purple to greenish, irregular with 4 stamens, upper lip not forming hood. Stems erect. Leaves alternate or basal. | Images Information |
| Euphrasia
eye-bright |
1 | ![]() |
Flower pale blue/purple, upper lip forming a hood. Leaves palmately veined. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Gratiola
hedge-hyssop |
2 | ![]() |
Flowers cream or yellow, nearly irregular with 5 sepals, solitary in axil of leaves. Leaves opposite. | Images Information |
| Kickxia
cancerwort |
2 | ![]() |
Flower purple with yellow with narrow spur or pouch in racemes at axils of leaves. Stems trailing. | Images Information |
| Linaria
toadflax |
3 | ![]() |
Flower purple or yellow with narrow spur or pouch in racemes at ends of stems. | Images Information |
| Lindernia
false pimpernel |
3 | ![]() |
Flowers purple, nearly irregular with 5 sepals, solitary in axil of leaves. Leaves opposite. | Images Information |
| Mazus
|
1 | ![]() |
Flowers pinkish with 4 stamens, bracts, upper lip not forming hood, two lipped, lower one folded upward. Leaves opposite or whorled. Leaves just below flower alternate. | Images Information |
| Melampyrum
cow-wheat |
3 | ![]() |
Flower yellow-cream, smooth, upper lip forming a hood. Leaves mostly entire, pinnately veined. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Mimulus
monkey-flower |
3 | ![]() |
Flower pink or yellow with 4 stamens, bracts, upper lip not forming hood, two lipped, lower one folded upward. Leaves opposite or whorled. Leaves just below flower opposite. | Images Information |
| Odontites
|
1 | ![]() |
Flower pink, fuzzy. upper lip forming a hood. Leaves mostly entire, pinnately veined. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Pedicularis
lousewort, wood-betony |
2 | ![]() |
Flowers yellow, irregular with 4 stamens. Petals at least 2x longer than sepals. Stems erect. Leaves alternate or basal. | Images Information |
| Penstemon
beard-tongue |
8 | ![]() |
Flowers white, pink, or purple with 4 stamens, bracts, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Rhinanthus
|
1 | ![]() |
Flower yellow, upper lip forming a hood. Leaves toothed, pinnately veined. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Scrophularia
figwort |
2 | ![]() |
Flowers greenish-brown with 4 stamens, bracts, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled. | Images Information |
| Tomanthera
|
1 | ![]() |
Flowers pink with 4 stamens, upper lip not forming hood. Leaves opposite or whorled, lance-like. | Images Information |
| Verbascum
mullein |
6 | ![]() |
Flowers yellow mostly regular. Stems erect. Leaves alternate or basal. | Images Information |
| Veronica
brooklime, speedwell |
21 | ![]() |
Flowers blue, purple, to whitish with 4 sepals. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled. 5 stamens. | Images Information |
| Veronicastrum
Culver's-root |
1 | ![]() |
Flowers white with 4 or 5 sepals. Leaves whorled. | Images Information |
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