Scrophulariaceae
Lanceleaf figwort
Scrophularia lanceolata
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Scrophularia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- غدب سناني, غدب غربي
- Chinese
- 披针叶玄参
- English
- Lanceleaf figwort, American figwort, Lance-leaved figwort, Western figwort
- Swedish
- Lansettflenört
Synonyms
- Scrophularia dakotana Lunell
- Scrophularia dimidiata Raf.
- Scrophularia lanceolata f. lanceolata
- Scrophularia lanceolata f. velutina Pennell
- Scrophularia lanceolata var. occidentalis Pennell
- Scrophularia leporella E.P.Bicknell
- Scrophularia nodosa var. lanceolata (Pursh) M.E.Jones
- Scrophularia nodosa var. occidentalis Rydb.
- Scrophularia occidentalis (Rydb.) E.P.Bicknell
- Scrophularia pectinata Raf.
- Scrophularia serrata Rydb.
- Scrophularia utahensis Gand.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: pietila4, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pietila4, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pietila4, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.