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Photo from First-nature.com.


The flowers by Dr. H.F Oakeley, Garden.rcplondon.ac.uk.


The roots by Dr. H.F Oakeley, Garden.rcplondon.ac.uk.


An exposed plant by Dr. H.F Oakeley, Garden.rcplondon.ac.uk.

Author: 

Carl von Linné, 1753

Family: 

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Origin: 

Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia

Soil: 

Rich

Water: 

Medium - Maximum

Sun: 

Medium

Thickness: 

4 Centimetres

Height: 

30-100 Centimetres

Flower: 

Greenish / Brownish-Red

Propagate: 

Seeds/Roots

Names: 

Woodland Figwort, Common Figwort, Knoldet Brunrod, Knoten-Braunwurz

Synonyms: 

Scrophularia capitata, Raf.
Scrophularia cechica,
Opiz.
Scrophularia foetida,
Wydler.
Scrophularia foetida,
Garsault.
Scrophularia halleri,
Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
Scrophularia hemschinica,
K.Koch.
Scrophularia italica,
Mill.
Scrophularia major,
Bubani.
Scrophularia nodosa
var. montana, Stiefelh.
Scrophularia sckellii,
Spreng.
Scrophularia serrulata,
Small.
Scrophularia ternata,
Schur.
Scrophularia wirtgenii,
W.D.J.Koch ex Opiz.

This member of the Scrophulariaceae family was given this name by Carl von Linné in 1753. It is found in Europe and Asia, growing in a rich soil with quite some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from 30 to 100 centimetres in height. The flowers are greenish outside and brownish red inside.

The genera name from Latin: scrophulae; a gland disease at pigs; skrofa, with this plant could cure. The species name from Latin; nodosa; 'knotty, joint' for the roots.


Another root from Wilde-planten.nl.


The inflorescence by  Dr. H.F Oakeley, Garden.rcplondon.ac.uk.