Botanical Family · Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
47 speciesOrder Lamiales8+ well-known plants
The figwort family (in the broad traditional sense), a large group of herbs and shrubs with typically 2-lipped (bilabiate) flowers. Includes snapdragons (Antirrhinum), foxglove (Digitalis), and many Indian medicinal herbs. Many members are hemiparasitic on grass roots.
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How to recognise the Scrophulariaceae family
- 01
Usually 2-lipped tubular corolla
- 02
4 or 2 stamens, often didynamous
- 03
Capsule fruit with many seeds
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 47 species in SCROPHULARIACEAE
- Willowleaf AngelonAngelonia salicariifolia
- Memory Plant, Thyme-Leaved Grateola, BacopaBacopa monnieri
- Hairy BuchneraBuchnera hispida
- Gold PurseCalceolaria gracilis
- Indian Spur-Anther FlowerCentranthera indica
- Rushlike DopatriumDopatrium junceum
- MudmatGlossostigma diandrum
- CenizoLeucophyllum frutescens
- Diverse-Leaved MarshweedLimnophila heterophylla
- Indian MarshweedLimnophila indica
- Creeping MarshweedLimnophila repens
- Sparrow False PimpernelLindernia antipoda
- Brittle False PimpernelLindernia crustacea
- Hyssop LinderniaLindernia hyssopoides
- Small-Flower False PimpernelLindernia parviflora
- Roundleaf LinderniaLindernia rotundifolia
- Mexican ViperMaurandya barclaiana
- Asian MazusMazus pumilus
- Yellow-Flowered WaterhyssopMecardonia procumbens
- Common SopubiaParasopubia delphiniifolia
- Empress TreePaulownia tomentosa
- Ceylon LousewortPedicularis zeylanica
- Weeping Mary, Coral PlantRusselia equisetiformis
- Sweet Broom Wort, Sweet Broom Weed, Liquorice WeedScoparia dulcis
- Common SopubiaSopubia delphinifolia
- Split Leaf SopubiaSopubia trifida
- Sticky Blue RodStemodia viscosa
- Narrow-Leaved WitchweedStriga angustifolia
- WitchweedStriga asiatica
- Dense-Flower Witch-WeedStriga densiflora
- Cowpea WitchweedStriga gesnerioides
- Two-Color Wishbone FlowerTorenia bicolor
- Wishbone Flower, Ladys Slipper, Blue WingTorenia fournieri
- Indian Wishbone FlowerTorenia indica
- Lindernia Wishbone FlowerTorenia lindernioides
- Bird's-Eye SpeedwellVeronica persica
- Angelonia biflora
- Calceolaria mexicana
- Dopatrium lobelioides
- Kickxia incana
- Lindernia anagallis
- Lindernia ciliata
- Lindernia viscosa
- Rhamphicarpa longiflora
- Sopubia stricta
- Torenia cordata
- Verbascum chinense
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