Scrophularia lanceolata
Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 419. 1813.
Herbs, perennial, 8–15 dm; herbage light green to dark green, glabrate or glandular-pubescent. Leaves: petiole length 1/6–1/3 blade; blade ovate to lanceolate, 9–15 (–20) cm, length 1.5–3 times width, base truncate to slightly rounded, margins serrate to dentate. Pedicels moderately stout, glabrate or stipitate-glandular. Flowers: corolla brown-red to green, unicolored or ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 8–11 (–14) mm, throat relatively open; staminode yellow-green, sometimes green to brown-red, flabellate, length less than width. 2n = 96.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Damp places in open woods, riparian areas, meadows, canyons.
Elevation: 0–2800 m.
Distribution
Alta., B.C., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"less than width" is not a number.