Scrophularia auriculata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Scrophularieae
Genus: Scrophularia
Species: Scrophularia auriculata
Name

Scrophularia auriculata L.
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 620. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scrophularia auriculata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Water figwort, water betony, shoreline figwort
suomi: Rantasyyläjuuri
français: Scrofulaire à oreillettes
Nederlands: Geoord Helmkruid
Türkçe: Su sıraca otu

Scrophularia auriculata, the shoreline figwort[1] or water figwort, is a perennial plant of the genus Scrophularia in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is found commonly in Western Europe and North Africa, on the margins of rivers, ponds and similar damp places.[2][3] It is an upright plant reaching 70 cm with blunt oval, crenate leaves in alternate pairs on the greenish–purple square stem, most leaves may have two small lobes at their base. The spikes of flowers are held stiffly on square stems which arise from the main stem in the angle of the leaf stalks. The square stems have a wing running down each corner. These wings are more obvious than on the closely related common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa). The flowers are small, maroon-brownish and globular with two small lips above and below. The five sepals are green with a white margin, broader on the water figwort than the common figwort. The plant flowers from June to September after when the flowers produce small spherical to pear-shaped capsules containing a large number of seeds.[2]

The name auriculata derives from the auricles at the base of the leaves.[3]

The water figwort is host to the figwort sawfly whose larvae feed on the leaves.[4]
Larva of Tenthredo scrophulariae (figwort sawfly)
References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Scrophularia aurticulata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
Water Figwort, Wild Flowers of Ireland, retrieved 28 June 2012
Coombes, Allen J (1992). Guide to Plant Names. London: Octopus Illustrated Publishing. p. 179. ISBN 9780600575450.
Figwort Sawfly, www.naturespot.org.uk, retrieved 28 June 2012