Scrophularia

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name = "Scrophularia"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Scrophularia nodosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Scrophulariaceae
genus = "Scrophularia"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 200, see text

The genus "Scrophularia" of the family Scrophulariaceae comprises about 200 species of herbaceous flowering plants commonly known as figworts. Species of "Scrophularia" all share square stems, opposite leaves and open two-lipped flowers forming clusters at the end of their stems. The genus is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but concentrated in Asia with only a few species in Europe and North America.

"Scrophularia" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including "Phymatopus hectoides".

Some species in this genus are known to contain potentially useful substances, such as iridoids, and several "Scrophularia" species have been used in various traditional medicines around the world, such as the Ningpo figwort or Chinese figwort ("S. ningpoensis"). The name "Scrophularia" comes from scrofula, a form of tuberculosis, because several species have been used to treat this disease.

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Other plants called "figwort"

Some other plants - mainly Lamiales formerly or still in the Scrophulariaceae - are also called "figwort". These include:
* "Euphrasia officinalis" (Red Eyebright)
* "Veronica officinalis" (Common Speedwell)
* "Veronica anagallis-aquatica" (Water Speedwell)
* "Gratiola officinalis" (Common Hedgehyssop)
* "Bacopa monnieri" (Coastal Waterhyssop)
* "Scoparia dulcis" (Sweet Broomweed)
* "Ilysanthes riparia" (False Pimpernel)