Scrophulariaceae
Butterfly-Bush Family, Figwort Family
Synonyms:
Buddlejaceae [HC]
4 genera
8 species
1 subspecies and varieties
8 species
1 subspecies and varieties
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Buddleja davidii – orange-eye butterfly-bush
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, also in Idaho and the eastern United States.
Habitat: Fields, riparian corridors, thickets, forest edge, wastelots, and other disturbed areas at low elevations.
Origin: Introduced from Asia
Flowers: March-October
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, also in Idaho and the eastern United States.
Habitat: Fields, riparian corridors, thickets, forest edge, wastelots, and other disturbed areas at low elevations.
Origin: Introduced from Asia
Flowers: March-October
Growth Duration: Perennial
Limosella acaulis – stemless mudwort
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Shallow, muddy waters of ponds, lakes, and slow-moving waters.
Origin: Native
Flowers: July-August
Growth Duration: Annual, Perennial
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Shallow, muddy waters of ponds, lakes, and slow-moving waters.
Origin: Native
Flowers: July-August
Growth Duration: Annual, Perennial
Limosella aquatica – awl-leaf mudwort
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains and further eastward to northeastern North America.
Habitat: In shallow water or wet mud of rivers, lakes, and ponds at low to middle elevations.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-October
Growth Duration: Annual, Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains and further eastward to northeastern North America.
Habitat: In shallow water or wet mud of rivers, lakes, and ponds at low to middle elevations.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-October
Growth Duration: Annual, Perennial
Scrophularia californica – California figwort, Oregon figwort
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, chiefly in coastal counties; coastal southwestern British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Forest margins, prairies, and meadows at low elevations.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington, chiefly in coastal counties; coastal southwestern British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Forest margins, prairies, and meadows at low elevations.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Scrophularia lanceolata – lance-leaf figwort
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across much of the U.S. and all of Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Moist forest edges and openings, and meadows at low elevations, but not along the coast.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across much of the U.S. and all of Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Moist forest edges and openings, and meadows at low elevations, but not along the coast.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Verbascum blattaria – moth mullein
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, ditches, meadows, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas, often where dry.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: May-September
Growth Duration: Biennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, ditches, meadows, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas, often where dry.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: May-September
Growth Duration: Biennial
Verbascum thapsus – flannel mullein, great mullein
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, wastelots, disturbed forest edge, thickets, and other disturbed open areas.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: June-September
Growth Duration: Biennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, wastelots, disturbed forest edge, thickets, and other disturbed open areas.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: June-September
Growth Duration: Biennial
• ssp. thapsus – flannel mullein, great mullein
