Scrophularia macrantha

Greene ex Stiefelhagen

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 461, 483. 1910.

EndemicConservation concern
Synonyms: Scrophularia neomexicana R. J. Shaw
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 341. Mentioned on page 340.

Herbs, perennial, 4–11 dm; herbage light green to dark green, glabrate. Leaves: petiole length 1/3–1/2 blade; blade ovate to lanceolate, 5–8 (–11) cm, length 2–2.5 times width, base truncate, margins serrate to dentate. Pedicels relatively stout, glabrate or stipitate-glandular. Flowers: corolla bright red, unicolored, (10–) 13–21 mm, throat narrow; staminode obovate, length greater than width. 2n = 92.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, canyon bottoms, pinyon-juniper woodlands, lower montane coniferous forests.
Elevation: 2000–2500 m.

Discussion

Scrophularia macrantha has been called S. coccinea A. Gray, an illegitimate later homonym of S. coccinea Linnaeus. Scrophularia macrantha is known from Grant and Luna counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"greater than width" is not a number.

... more about "Scrophularia macrantha"
Kim R. Kersh +
Greene ex Stiefelhagen +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
ovate;lanceolate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
campanulate +
woody +  and herbaceous +
decussate;opposite +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
unicolored +  and bright red +
constricted +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
2000–2500 m. +
curved +  and straight +
not +  and abundant +
glandular-puberulent +
Rocky slopes, canyon bottoms, pinyon-juniper woodlands, lower montane coniferous forests. +
light green +  and dark green +
axillary +, subterminal +  and terminal +
alternate +  and opposite +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
triangular-ovate +  and lanceolate +
serrate +  and dentate +
incised +  and dentate +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrate +
1/3 +  and 1/2 +
Flowering Jul–Oct. +
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. +
black +  and brown +
oblong-ovoid +
connate +  and distinct +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
villous +, puberulent +, glandular-pubescent +, glabrate +  and glabrous +
2-lobed +  and capitate +
Scrophularia neomexicana +
Scrophularia macrantha +
Scrophularia +
species +