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Agalinis Raf. -- false foxglove Alectra Thunb. Amphianthus Torr. Angelonia Humb. & Bonpl. -- angelon Antirrhinum L. -- snapdragon Aureolaria Raf. -- false foxglove Bacopa Aubl. -- water hyssop, waterhyssop Bartsia L. Bellardia All. -- lineseed Besseya Rydb. -- kittentail Brachystigma Pennell -- desert foxglove Buchnera L. -- bluehearts Calceolaria L. -- slipperwort Capraria L. Castilleja Mutis -- Indian paintbrush Chaenorhinum Reichenb. -- dwarf snapdragon Chaenorrhinum Reichenb. Chelone L. -- turtlehead Chionophila Benth. -- snowlover Collinsia Nutt. -- blue eyed mary, blue-eyed mary Cordylanthus Nutt. -- bird's beak, bird's-beak Cymbalaria Hill -- ivy-leaved toadflax Dasistoma Raf. Digitalis L. -- foxglove Diplacus Nutt. -- bush monkeyflower Dopatrium Buch.-Ham. Epixiphium Munz Euphrasia L. -- eyebright Galvezia Dombey Gambelia Nutt. -- greenbright Gerardia Glossostigma Wight & Arn. Gratiola L. -- hedge hyssop, hedgehyssop Hebe Comm. Hemianthus Nutt. Holmgrenanthe Elisens -- rocklady Howelliella Rothm. Ilysanthes Keckiella Straw Kickxia Dumort. -- cancerwort, kickxia Lagotis Gaertn. Latharea L. -- e.g., Toothwort Lendneria Minod Leucophyllum Bonpl. -- barometerbush Leucospora Nutt. Limnophila R. Br. -- marshweed Limosella L. -- mudwort Linaria P. Mill. -- toadflax Lindernia All. -- false pimpernel Lophospermum D. Don Mabrya Elisens Macranthera Nutt. Maurandella Rothm. Maurandya Ortega Mazus Lour. Mecardonia Ruiz & Pavón Melampyrum L. -- cowwheat Micranthemum Michx. -- mudflower Mimetanthe Greene Mimulus L. -- monkey-flower, monkeyflower Misopates Raf. Mohavea Gray Nemesia Vent. Neogaerrhinum Rothm. Nothochelone Straw Nuttallanthus D.A. Sutton -- toadflax Odontites Ludwig Orobanche L. Orthocarpus Nutt. -- owl's-clover, owlclover Parentucellia Viviani -- glandweed Paulownia Sieb. & Zucc. Pedicularis L. -- lousewort PenstemonPenstemon Palmer's penstemon Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Scrophulariales Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus Penstemon Species many, see text Ref: Penstemon is a large genus of North American ( Schmidel -- beard tongue, beardtongue Pseudorontium Rothm. Rehmannia Libosch. Rhinanthus L. -- rattleweed, yellow rattleRhinanthus minor Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minor is a flowering plant of the genus Rhinanthus in the family Scrophulariaceae. This is a semi-parasitic plant that gains some of its nutrients from the roots of neighbouring plants. The name refers to the seed Russelia Jacq. Sairocarpus D.A. Sutton -- snapdragon Schistophragma Benth. Schwalbea L. -- schwalbea Scoparia L. -- licorice weed Scrophularia L. -- figwort Seymeria Pursh -- black senna Stemodia L. -- twintip Striga Lour. -- witchweed Synthyris Benth. -- kittentails Tomanthera Tonella Nutt. Torenia L. Triphysaria Fisch. & C.A. Mey. -- owl's-clover Verbascum L. -- mullein Veronica L. -- speedwell Veronicastrum Heister and about 130-200 more. Ref: ITIS 33005 For full list see Kew |
Scrophulariaceae, the Figwort or Snapdragon family, is a familyIn biology, family is one of the levels of taxonomic classification of organisms. It lies between the less-specific order and the more-specific genus; ie, an order will contain one or more families, and a family will contain one or more genera. Humans, fo of plants, comprising about 220-300 genera and about 4000-4500 species, depending on taxonomic interpretation. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including tropical mountains.
The family includes many medicinal plant s, among them:
There are also half- and full parasites, among them
Many gardeners will be familiar with Antirrhinum, snapdragons, which includes the ornamental perennial, Antirrhinum majus.
Tight-lipped species of both Antirrhinum and Linaria can be made to open their jaws by pressing on the hinges of single plucked flowers. This is fascinating to young children, especially when accompanied by appropriate sound effects: "woof woof" for the smaller toadflaxes, and dragon-like roars for the larger snapdragons.
Orobanche is sometimes placed in its own family, Orobanchaceae .