#family_Scrophulariaceae__Scrophulariaceae__figwort_family__figwortfamily__foxglove_family a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
supertype: asterid_dicot_family__asteriddicotfamily family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
member of: order_Polemoniales
member: genus_Scrophularia__Scrophularia type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts
member: figwort any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
member: genus_Antirrhinum__Antirrhinum a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers
member: snapdragon a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
member: genus_Besseya__Besseya genus of North American spring wildflowers
member: kitten-tails a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers
member: genus_Aureolaria__Aureolaria small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
member: Aureolaria_pedicularia__false_foxglove__falsefoxglove__Gerardia_pedicularia multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
member: false_foxglove__falsefoxglove__Aureolaria_virginica__Gerardia_virginica sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
member: genus_Calceolaria large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers
member: calceolaria__slipperwort any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip
member: genus_Castilleja__Castilleja__Castilleia__genus_Castilleia genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses
member: Indian_paintbrush__painted_cup any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
member: genus_Chelone__Chelone herbaceous perennials: shellflower
member: shellflower__turtlehead__snakehead__Chelone_glabra showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
member: genus_Collinsia__Collinsia genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States
member: purple_chinese_houses__innocense__Collinsia_bicolor__Collinsia_heterophylla white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California
member: maiden_blue-eyed_Mary__Collinsia_parviflora small widely branching Western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
member: blue-eyed_Mary__Collinsia_verna Eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers
member: Culver's_root__Culvers_root__Culver's_physic__Culvers_physic__whorlywort__Veronicastrum_virginicum a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America
member: genus_Digitalis genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers
member: foxglove__digitalis__digitali any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
member: genus_Gerardia genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers; plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis
member: gerardia any plant of the genus Gerardia
member: genus_Agalinis__Agalinis semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies
member: genus_Linaria__Linaria genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon
member: toadflax__butter-and-eggs__wild_snapdragon__devil's_flax__devil'sflax__Linaria_vulgaris common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
member: genus_Penstemon__Penstemon large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
member: golden-beard_penstemon__Penstemon_barbatus plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
member: scarlet_bugler__scarletbugler__Penstemon_centranthifolius plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
member: red_shrubby_penstemon__redshrubbypenstemon__redwood_penstemon__redwoodpenstemon low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California
member: Platte_River_penstemon__Penstemon_cyananthus erect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems; Idaho to Utah and Wyoming
member: Davidson's_penstemon__Penstemon_davidsonii mat-forming plant with blue-lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
member: hot-rock_penstemon__Penstemon_deustus stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; Washington State to Wyoming and south to California and Utah
member: Jones'_penstemon__Penstemon_dolius low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah
member: shrubby_penstemon__shrubbypenstemon__lowbush_penstemon__lowbushpenstemon__Penstemon_fruticosus low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
member: narrow-leaf_penstemon__Penstemon_linarioides plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
member: mountain_pride__Penstemon_newberryi mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California
member: balloon_flower__balloonflower__scented_penstemon__scentedpenstemon__Penstemon_palmeri fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
member: Parry's_penstemon__Penstemon_parryi erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona
member: rock_penstemon__cliff_penstemon__cliffpenstemon__Penstemon_rupicola one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
member: Rydberg's_penstemon__Penstemon_rydbergii plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado
member: cascade_penstemon__cascadepenstemon__Penstemon_serrulatus whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon
member: Whipple's_penstemon__Penstemon_whippleanus wine-lavender to black-purple flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountain regions to Arizona and New Mexico
member: genus_Verbascum__Verbascum genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
member: mullein__flannel_leaf__flannelleaf__velvet_plant any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
member: genus_Veronica widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell
member: veronica__speedwell any plant of the genus Veronica
member: field_speedwell__fieldspeedwell__Veronica_agrestis European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America
member: American_brooklime__brooklime__Veronica_americana plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
member: European_brooklime__brooklime__Veronica_beccabunga European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers often pink-flushed; sparsely naturalized in North America
member: water_speedwell__waterspeedwell__Veronica_michauxii__Veronica_anagallis-aquatica plant of wet places in Eurasia and America
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