Scrophulariaceae
Shoreline figwort
Scrophularia auriculata
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Scrophularia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- غدب أذني
- arz
- غدب اذنى
- Asturian
- Muega
- Chinese
- 水玄参
- Dutch
- Geoord helmkruid
- English
- Shoreline figwort, Water betony, Water figwort
- Estonian
- Vesi-sealõuarohi
- Finnish
- Rantasyyläjuuri
- French
- Scrophulaire à oreillettes, Scrofulaire aquatique, Scrofulaire à oreillettes, Scrophulaire a oreillettes
- German
- Wasser-Braunwurz
- hsb
- Wódny trudownik
- Irish
- Donnlus uisce
- kw
- Skaw an dowr
- Swedish
- Vattenflenört
- Turkish
- Su sıraca otu
- Welsh
- Gwrnerth y dŵr
Synonyms
- Scrophularia aquatica f. auriculata (L.) Cout.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.