any of numerous tall, usually coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia, having a terminal cluster of small greenish-brown to purplish-brown flowers.
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One species—the Water Figwort (Scrophularia aquatica)—grows in marshes and on the banks of ditches and streams.
Scrophularia, or figwort (Scrophularia marilandica), contains a principle which has a digitalis-like action on the heart.
One species, Vespa sylvestris, which seldom enters our houses, is very partial to the flowers of Scrophularia (Figwort).
The Knotty Figwort is a tall and stout plant, with a four-sided stem which is curiously twisted.
The leaves near the foot of the Knotty Figwort stem are large and broadly oval, with short stalks.