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Scrophulariaceae
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Agalinis[?] Raf. -- false foxglove Alectra[?] Thunb. Amphianthus[?] Torr. Angelonia[?] Humb. & Bonpl. -- angelon Antirrhinum L. -- snapdragon Aureolaria[?] Raf. -- false foxglove Bacopa[?] Aubl. -- water hyssop, waterhyssop Bartsia[?] L. Bellardia[?] All. -- lineseed Besseya[?] Rydb. -- kittentail Brachystigma[?] Pennell -- desert foxglove Buchnera[?] L. -- bluehearts Calceolaria[?] L. -- slipperwort Capraria[?] L. Castilleja[?] Mutis -- Indian paintbrush Chaenorhinum[?] Reichenb. -- dwarf snapdragon Chaenorrhinum[?] Reichenb. Chelone[?] L. -- turtlehead Chionophila[?] Benth. -- snowlover Collinsia[?] Nutt. -- blue eyed Mary, blue-eyed Mary Cordylanthus[?] Nutt. -- bird's beak, bird's-beak Cymbalaria[?] Hill Dasistoma[?] Raf. Digitalis L. -- foxglove Diplacus[?] Nutt. -- bush monkeyflower Dopatrium[?] Buch.-Ham. Epixiphium[?] Munz Euphrasia[?] L. -- eyebright Galvezia[?] Dombey Gambelia[?] Nutt. -- greenbright Gerardia[?] Glossostigma[?] Wight & Arn. Gratiola[?] L. -- hedge hyssop, hedgehyssop Hebe[?] Comm. Hemianthus[?] Nutt. Holmgrenanthe[?] Elisens -- rocklady Howelliella[?] Rothm. Ilysanthes[?] Keckiella[?] Straw Kickxia[?] Dumort. -- cancerwort, kickxia Lagotis[?] Gaertn. Lendneria[?] Minod Leucophyllum[?] Bonpl. -- barometerbush Leucospora[?] Nutt. Limnophila[?] R. Br. -- marshweed Limosella[?] L. -- mudwort Linaria[?] P. Mill. -- toadflax Lindernia[?] All. -- false pimpernel Lophospermum[?] D. Don Mabrya[?] Elisens Macranthera[?] Nutt. Maurandella[?] Rothm. Maurandya[?] Ortega Mazus[?] Lour. Mecardonia[?] Ruiz & Pavón Melampyrum[?] L. -- cowwheat Micranthemum[?] Michx. -- mudflower Mimetanthe[?] Greene Mimulus[?] L. -- monkey-flower, monkeyflower Misopates[?] Raf. Mohavea[?] Gray Nemesia[?] Vent. Neogaerrhinum[?] Rothm. Nothochelone[?] Straw Nuttallanthus[?] D.A. Sutton -- toadflax Odontites[?] Ludwig Orobanche[?] L. Orthocarpus[?] Nutt. -- owl's-clover, owlclover Parentucellia[?] Viviani -- glandweed Paulownia[?] Sieb. & Zucc. Pedicularis[?] L. -- lousewort Penstemon Schmidel -- beard tongue, beardtongue Pseudorontium[?] Rothm. Rehmannia[?] Libosch. Rhinanthus[?] L. -- rattleweed, yellowrattle Russelia[?] Jacq. Sairocarpus[?] D.A. Sutton -- snapdragon Schistophragma[?] Benth. Schwalbea[?] L. -- schwalbea Scoparia[?] L. -- licorice weed Scrophularia[?] L. -- figwort Seymeria[?] Pursh -- black senna Stemodia[?] L. -- twintip Striga[?] Lour. -- witchweed Synthyris[?] Benth. -- kittentails Tomanthera[?] Tonella[?] Nutt. Torenia[?] L. Triphysaria[?] Fisch. & C.A. Mey. -- owl's-clover Verbascum[?] L. -- mullein Veronica[?] L. -- speedwell Veronicastrum[?] Heister and about 200 more. Ref: ITIS 33005 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=33005) For full list see Kew (http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/cgi-bin/web.dbs/genlist.pl?SCROPHULARIACEAE) |
Scrophulariaceae is a family (biology) of plants, comprising 292 genera and about 4000 species.
In such a large family you'll find many medicinal plants[?], among them:
- Bacopa[?], water hyssop,
- Chelone[?], turtlehead,
- Digitalis, foxgloves (Toxic!),
- Euphrasia[?], eyebrights,
- Gratiola[?], hedge hyssop,
- Linaria[?], toadflaxes,
- Rehmannia[?], Chinese foxglove, used in TCM,
- Scrophularia[?], figworts,
- Verbascum[?], mulleins,
- Veronica[?], speedwells (including Veronica virginica, old: Leptandra virginica, Black root, Culver's root, Leptandra).
There are also half- and full parasites, among them
- Melampyrum[?], cow-wheats,
- Pedicularis[?], wood betonys, louseworts.
And gardeners will recognize Anthirrhinum[?], snapdragons, which include the spectacularly ornamental annuals, Antirrhinum majus.
Tight-lipped species of both Antirrhinums and Linarias[?] can be made to open their jaws by pressing on the hinges of single plucked flowers. This is fascinating to both kids and playful adults, especially when accompanied by appropriate sound effects: "woof woof" for the smaller Linarias, and lionlike roars for the larger Antirrhinums.
Orobanche[?] is sometimes found in its own family, Orobanchaceae[?].
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