Pine-lands Figwort
Scrophularia parviflora
Found in partial shade in mixed conifer-broadleaf woodlands within Madera Canyon, Sta. Rita Mts., Arizona, USA. 10 September 2010. The upper arrow points to the club-shaped staminoid (lacks anther) and the lower arrow points to the stigma that will receive the pollen from a visiting bee.
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HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL: Mostly herbaceous with woody material below ground. Stems
rising to about a meter in height.
FLOWERS: The small, bilaterally symetrical flowers are best seen with a magnifier.
Notice the gland-tipped hairs on the peduncle. I suspect these are to deter crawling ants
that might take the nectar without pollinating the flower.
LEAVES: Opposite leaves are triangular and serrated along the margins.
RANGE: In pine woods and woody canyons of Arizona, New Mexico and Sonora.
FRUIT: The fruit is a dry, two-valved capsule with many seeds..
UNARMED. Without thorns.
Scrophulariaceae -- Figwort Family
More Information:
- Southwest Environmental Information Network
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USDA Plant Profile
- Google Images
- Google Scholar Literature Search