2-493: 289, see List 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 . Scrophularia species are used as food plants by
4-582: 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, such as the Ningpo figwort ( S. ningpoensis ), have been used by herbal medicine practitioners around the world. The name Scrophularia comes from scrofula , a form of tuberculosis , because several species have been used in herbal medicine for this disease. List of Scrophularia species This
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