Scrophularia sambucifolia

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 sambucifolia
Name

Scrophularia sambucifolia L.
References

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

Scrophularia sambucifolia is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) native to the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa.

Description
Part of the inflorescence

Scrophularia sambucifolia is a perennial rhizomatous glabrous herb with stems up to 1.90 m (6.2 ft) tall with little or no ramification. Inflorescence is usually 15–50 cm (5.9–19.7 in) long with 1 to 10 opposed flowers. Flower crown is orange-reddish, orange-purple or greenish-yellow with orange spots, upper lip is reddish purple. Anthers are yellow, sometimes with bluish margins. Staminode is purple, sometimes greenish-purple.[2]
Distribution and habitat

Scrophularia sambucifolia is native to the southwest Iberian Peninsula (in central and southern Portugal, mainly Médio Tejo, Lezíria do Tejo, Baixo Alentejo and Algarve,[3] southwest Spain and Gibraltar) and Northwest Africa (in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia) where it inhabits moist sites, usually close to the margins of water lines, preferably on deep soils of mud or limestone origin.[2][3]
Subspecies

There are two known subspecies:

S. sambucifolia subsp. sambucifolia: Endemic to southwest Iberia and Morocco.[2][4]
S. sambucifolia subsp. mellifera(Aiton): Endemic to southwest Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.[2][5]

References

"Scrophularia sambucifolia L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Scrophularia sambucifolia" (PDF). Flora Iberica. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Scrophularia sambucifolia subsp. sambucifolia". Flora-on. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Scrophularia sambucifolia subsp. sambucifolia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
"Scrophularia sambucifolia subsp. mellifera (Aiton) Maire". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 26 December 2020.