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Figwort. Scrophularia marilandica L. |
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This section is from the "The Herb Hunters Guide" book, by A. F. Sievers. Also available from Amazon: Herb Hunters Guide.
Figure 49.—Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)
Scrophularia nodosa var. marilandica A. Gray.
Maryland figwort, heal-all, pilewort, carpenter square.
This plant, often galled Maryland figwort, is found in woodlands from Maine to Kansas and south to Georgia and Tennessee.
The figwort is 3 to l0 feet high with 4-angled stems widely branched above and slender-stemmed, somewhat egg-shaped or lance-shaped sharply toothed leaves 3 to 9 inches long. The numerous small, greenish-purple flowers are produced from July to September in rather open panicles.
The herb.
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