Scrophularia marilandica

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Family:SCROPHULARIACEAE
Species:Scrophularia marilandica L.
Common Name:Maryland Figwort; Carpenter's Square; Eastern Figwort
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:SCMA2
Plant Notes:Maryland Figwort is a native herbaceous perennial in the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). It is found primarily in northeast and southwest Alabama. Maryland Figwort occurs in rocky woods, around outcrops, on roadside banks, and in cedar glade. It is a perennial from a woody caudex. Stems are erect, grooved, branched, 3-5 feet in height, square in cross section, and glabrous or pubescent at the nodes. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, ovate to lanceolate in outline, glabrous to slightly pubescent, with serrate or dentate margins. Flowers are produced in panicles that are glandular pubescent at the nodes. Individual flowers have 5 green sepals. The corolla is 2-lipped with the upper two lobes longer than the lower three lobes. The corolla is reddish-brown in color. The fruit is a round capsule. A tea brewed from the roots was once used to treat fevers and piles. Maryland Figwort is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. The small flowers produce abundant nectar and are often visited by butterflies, native bees, and hummingbirds. It is deer resistant. Maryland Figwort can be used in a pollinator garden or planted along a fence or woodline.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Classification

FamilySCROPHULARIACEAE - Figwort family
Genus Scrophularia
Species Scrophularia marilandica L. - Maryland Figwort; Carpenter's Square; Eastern Figwort

Citation

Citation Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 619. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 220 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal et al., Huntia 7: 235. 1987.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Scrophularia adenopoda Scrophularia adenopoda Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 161. 1840. "Kentucky, Ohio & c.",
Scrophularia dimidiata Scrophularia dimidiata Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 161. 1840. "Carol. Florida",
Scrophularia diversifolia Scrophularia diversifolia Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 161. 1840. "Delaware to Virg.",
Scrophularia glauca Scrophularia glauca Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 160. 1840, nom. illegit. et non Sibthorp & Smith 1827.Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus 1753. 
Scrophularia marilandica var. viridis Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus, var. viridis Farwell, Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 22: 184. 1921. MICHIGAN: Washtenaw Co.: Ypsilanti, 31 Aug 1919, Farwell 5341 (holotype: BLH).
Scrophularia neglecta Scrophularia neglecta Rydberg ex Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1058, 1337. 1903. KANSAS: Riley Co.: Without locality, 1896, Norton 779 (holotype: NY).
Scrophularia nodosa var. marilandica Scrophularia nodosa Linnaeus, var. marilandica (Linnaeus) A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 258. 1878.Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus 1753. 
Scrophularia serrulata Scrophularia serrulata Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 161. 1840. PENNSYLVANIA

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Cullman, Etowah, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Shelby, Talladega, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1852 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_30012 Shelby 25 Sep 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1882		 AUA
Scrophularia Marilandica L.
JSU139248 Shelby 11 Oct 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10122		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
TROY000050107 10 Sep 2011 England, J. Kevin
3150		 TROY
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
JSU134035 Jackson 13 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1197		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UNA00042495 Cleburne s.d. Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Scrophularia marilandica L.
UWAL0051243 Cleburne 09 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R.D.
12914		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica L.
AUA_ACC_61062 Choctaw 20 Oct 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1231		 AUA
Scrophularia Marilandica L.
UWAL0057334 Jackson 23 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11631		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica L.
JSU134038 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Threlkeld, Steven J.
102		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
JSU134031 Clay 9 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12734		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0016915 Marengo 28 Jun 2012 England, J. Kevin
3844		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
TROY000045280 Marengo 28 Jun 2012 England, J. Kevin
3844		 TROY
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
JSU134040 Talladega 15 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5250		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UNA00064032 Jackson 13 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1197		 UNA
Scrophularia marilandica L.
JSU134033 Cleburne 9 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12914		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0016914 Marengo 28 Jun 2012 England, J. Kevin
3844		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UNA00042493 Wilcox 09 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1263		 UNA
Scrophularia marilandica L.
UNA00042496 Monroe 10 Oct 1852 Denny, Dr. T.
s.n.		 UNA
Scrophularia marilandica L.
AUA_ACC_39514 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1263		 AUA
Scrophularia Marilandica L.
JSU134032 Cleburne 9 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12914		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0014718 Washington 27 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3821		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
JSU134034 Jackson 1 Nov 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13849		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
JSU134037 Jackson 11 Sep 1982 Ray, Michael A.
34		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
TROY000041848 Wilcox 05 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25497		 TROY
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0014717 Washington 27 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3821		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UNA00042494 Talladega 21 Sep 1892 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Scrophularia marilandica L.
UWAL0013163 Cullman 10 Sep 2011 England, J. Kevin
3150		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0019471 Wilcox 05 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25497		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0015278 Etowah 19 Oct 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8229		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica L.
JSU134036 Jackson 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6274		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
ALNHS00003507 Jackson 27 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1926		 ALNHS
Scrophularia marilandica L.
UWAL0056244 Jackson 14 Sep 2019 England, Kevin J.
10566		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica L.
JSU139247 Shelby 24 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10950		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0033314 Franklin 13 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6707		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
JSU134039 Marshall 20 Sep 1986 Whetstone, R. David
15730		 JSU
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
TROY000049106 Etowah 19 Oct 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8229		 TROY
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
UWAL0038615 Lawrence 03 Sep 2018 England, J. Kevin
9443		 UWAL
Scrophularia marilandica Linnaeus
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