Common Figwort
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 10th June 2024 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 in macro mode.
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Fruit
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 10th June 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Common Figwort.
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AKA:
Scrophularia nodosa.
Lamiales.
Scrophulariaceae.
Perennial herbaceous.
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Cultivated wasteground.
June - September.
Up to 150 cm
The plant was thought, by the Doctrine of Signatures to be able to cure the throat disease scrofula because of the throat-like shape of its flowers.