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Scrophularia nodosa (also called figwort, woodland figwort, and common figwort) is a perennial herbaceous plant found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere except western North America. It grows in moist and cultivated waste ground.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Common Figwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Scrophularia alpestris
- Scrophularia scopolii
- Scrophularia lanceolata
- Scrophularia auriculata
- Scrophularia marilandica
- Scrophularia umbrosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Scrophularia
- Species
- Scrophularia nodosa
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