Scrophularia auriculata L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Water Figwort
🇫🇷 Scrofulaire auriculée, Scrofulaire aquatique, Scrofulaire de Balbis

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Scrophularieae
Genus: Scrophularia
Species: Scrophularia auriculata

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with S. nodosa L., 1753, whose middle cauline leaves have an acute apex, while those of S. auriculata have an obtuse apex.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

S. auriculata subsp. auriculata L., 1753, P;
S. auriculata subsp. valentina (Rouy) Ortega Oliv., Serra, Herrero & Muñoz Garm., 2009.

Photographs

img/scrophularia-auriculata.webp — Scrophularia auriculata

img/scrophularia-auriculata-2.webp — Scrophularia auriculata

img/scrophularia-auriculata-3.webp — Scrophularia auriculata

img/scrophularia-auriculata-4.webp — Scrophularia auriculata

img/scrophularia-auriculata-5.webp — Scrophularia auriculata - Flower buds

img/scrophularia-auriculata-7.webp — Scrophularia auriculata - Cauline leaves

img/scrophularia-auriculata-6.webp — Scrophularia auriculata - Cauline leaf

img/scrophularia-auriculata-8.webp — Scrophularia auriculata - Seed capsules

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1054). Biotope.