Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa, Donnlus
Photographs: Co. Cork

Common Figwort
Scrophularia nodosa
Donnlus
Family: Scrophulariaceae


Flowering: June-September. Perennial. Native.

Flowers small, reddish-brown, with green lower lobes. Leaves are oval, pointed and sharp-toothed, the square stems not or slightly winged. Rhizomes with many tuber-like swellings. Height to 100cm.
Scrophularia nodosa var. bobartii is a green-flowered form.

Widespread in woods, hedgebanks and on waste ground.

Similar: Water Figwort, Scrophularia auriculata.
Blunt-tipped leaves and stems with wide wings.

Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa, Donnlus

Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa, Donnlus
Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa, Donnlus

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