Common Figwort Taken at Baron's Haugh on 6th July 2008 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.   Fruit Taken at Strathclyde Park on 10th June 2017 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Common Figwort. Species: Order: Family: Habit: AKA: Scrophularia nodosa. Lamiales. Scrophulariaceae. Perennial herbaceous. Habitat: Blooms: Height: Feature: 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.