Topic: figwort

figwort common name for some members of the Scrophulariaceae, a family comprising chiefly herbs and small shrubs and distributed widely over all continents. The family includes a few climbing types and some parasitic and saprophytic forms. Common Species and Their Uses Among its many wildflowers are several European species that have been introduced to America and become thoroughly naturalized, e.g., the mulleins (genus Verbascum ), the common speedwell ( Veronica officinalis ), and the butter-and-eggs ( Linaria vulgaris ). The common mullein ( V. thapsus ), also called flannel... Read more