Scrophularia umbrosa

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 umbrosa
Name

Scrophularia umbrosa Dumort.
References

Flora Belgica [Q. F. F. S. Flora Belgica. Quam Consens. Nobil...] 37 (1827)
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scrophularia umbrosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
العربية: غدب ظلي
čeština: krtičník křídlatý
Cymraeg: Gwrnerth glas
dansk: Vand-Brunrod
Deutsch: Geflügelte Braunwurz
English: green figwort, water betony, water figwort
suomi: Luhtasyyläjuuri
français: Scrofulaire ailée
hornjoserbsce: Pózdny trudownik
Nederlands: rivierhelmkruid, gevleugeld helmkruid
русский: Норичник теневой
slovenčina: krtičník tôňomilný
svenska: Strandflenört
中文: 翅茎玄参

Scrophularia umbrosa, the green figwort,[2][3] is a perennial herbaceous plant found in Europe and Asia.[4] It grows in moist and cultivated waste ground.[3]

The species looks very similar to the closely related Scrophularia auriculata (water figwort). Green figwort has a greener stem than water figwort, and lacks the leaf auricles which give water figwort its Latin name.

The plant is probably poisonous to cows. It is pollinated by bees and wasps. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade, but requires moist or wet soil.[5]
Conservation

The global conservation status of this species, as of 2013, is least concern.[6] In the United Kingdom it is a very locally distributed species though increasingly abundant.[7]
Folklore

The plant was thought, by the doctrine of signatures to be able to cure the throat disease scrofula because of the throat-like shape of its flowers.[8]
Wikispecies has information related to Scrophularia umbrosa.
References

Flora of Northern Ireland.
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Scrophularia umbrosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
"Scrophularia umbrosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
Plants for Life database
IUCN - Scrophularia umbrosa
Online Atlas of British and Irish Flora - Scrophularia umbrosa
Figwort Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine