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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh
American figwort, early figwort, lance-leaf figwort
Scrophularia: named in 1474 by an Italian physician who noticed the resemblance between the rhizomal knobs of some species and the tubercular condition of human lymph nodes called scrophula
lanceolata: lance-shaped
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-6' tall forb; sides of stems flat or slightly grooved |
| Flower: | red/brown, 5-parted, 1/4"-3/8" long, tubular-shaped; 4 stamens, the sterile stamen yellow; upper lip 2-lobed, the lower, yellowish-brown lip 3-lobed, its center lobe facing backward; inflorescence a 4"-12" terminal, cylindrical, branched cluster usually less than 3" wide; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dull brown capsule |
| Leaf: | opposite, the stalk usually less than 1/3 as long as the blade |
| Habitat: | open; meadows, fields, wood edge; in rocky soil |
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