Figwort Family

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

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Fort Davis, Texas, United States

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Western Australia, Australia

Estepa sur de Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Famlia: SCROPHULARIACEAEDistribucin: En Europa se extiende por el S; gran parte de la Pennsula Ibrica, salvo en el N hmedo; en Aragn es rara en el Prepirineo y Somontanos, llegando hasta Biescas; salpica la Depresin del Ebro y predomina por todo el N del Sistema Ibrico, siendo raro hacia el S, en el Valle del Jiloca, Matarraa, Sierra de Albarracn y comarca de Teruel.Hbitat: Se cra terrenos removidos y nitrogenados, campos y yermos, cunetas, mrgenes de caminos y gravas fluviales, siempre a baja altitud y en exposicin bien soleada; a veces tambin en claros de bosque y matorral.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente. Gusta de suelos ricos en materia orgnica y crece frecuentemente sobre terrenos pedregosos, sobre todo gravas fluviales.Rango altitudinal: 150- 1020 ( 1360 ) mFloracin: Junio - AgostoForma Biolgica: Hemicriptfito bienalExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)

Slender Fuchsia (Eremophila decipiens) in cultivation near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 13 February 2009.

A member of the Buddlejaceae, native to southern portions of Africa and known as River Star or as Otterbush. Jardin Real, Madrid.

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2010.10.09 Lower Austria, Hollabrunn/ Pulkau (380 m AMSL).Flower; note the hairy stamina (red hair).German name: Eigentliche sterreich-Knigskerze

Verbascum nigrum L., syn.: Verbascum minutiflorum Stef. Family: Scrophulariaceae Juss.EN: Black Mullein, Dark Mullein, DE: Schwarze KnigskerzeSlo.: rni lunikDat.: July 4. 2021Lat.: 46.360448 Long.: 13.702869Code: Bot_1388/2021_DSC07705Habitat: Slightly inclined mountain slope, southeast aspect; ruderal grassland, colluvial, skeletal, calcareous ground; half shade; elevation 600 m (1.900 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soa and Trenta, right bank of river Soa, next to Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC.Comment: Almost all species of Mulleins growing in Slovenia (13 all together) are all stout, beautiful plants. Verbascum nigrum is not the largest one of them, yet it can grow up to 1.2 m tall. Usually it has a single flowering stem with many, many bright yellow flowers, but smaller side flowering stems are also quite frequent. They branch always low on the main stem (contrary to the most of others species, like Verbascum lychnitis or Verbascum pulverulentum). During anthese (flowering period) the flowers do not open, as it is usual with most of long elongated inflorescences, 'systematically', from the bottom to the top of the inflorescence (or vice versa), but open sporadically, here and there, without respect to their position in the inflorescence, like a 'slow motion' firework.Verbascum nigrum is a common plant distributed almost all over the Europe. It can easily be separated form other species in this genus. It is the only yellow blooming one, which has violet densely hairy stamens and cordate (heart-shaped) base of ground leaves. Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 722.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 549.

Spotted Emubush (Eremophila maculata) cultivated at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Photographed on 14 April 1974.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.

[syn. Myoporum sandwicense var. stellatum]Naio or Bastard sandalwoodMyoporaceae or Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)EndangeredBarbers Point, OahuEarly Hawaiians used the wood of naio (aaka). The larger branches and trunks for posts, rafters and thatching poles or purlins in homes (hale) and for netting needles or shuttles.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Myoporum_stellatum

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Western Australia, Australia

Verbascum pulverulentum Vill., syn.: Verbascum acutifolium Halcsy, Verbascum floccosumHoary Mullein, Broad-leaf Mullein, DE: Flockige Knigskerze, Flocken-Knigskerze, CR: pranjava divizma, Slo.: kosmiasti lunikDat.: May 4. 2018Lat.: 45.08209 Long.: 14.444306Code: Bot_1132/2018_DSC2683Habitat: Grassy roadside, ruderal, flat terrain; full sun, dry place; calcareous ground; elevation 125 m (410 feet); average precipitations ~ 900-1000 mm/year, average temperature 13-15 deg C, sun-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: West island Krk, next to the road from village Milohnii to Glavotok monastery, near village Brzac, Kvarner bay, Adriatic Sea, Croatia EC. Comment: Genus Verbascum is large and encompasses almost 100 species. Many of them are stout, remarkable green plants, some up to 2,5 m tall. Slovenian vernacular name for most of them 'papeeva svea' means 'pope's candle' and German name means 'King's candle') since some single-stem species nicely resemble stout candle with yellow flame on top. However, the color of their numerous flowers can be from white, yellow, reddish to dark, intensive violet, but admittedly most of them bloom bright yellow. It is not always easy to separate them to species level since they are variable and often form hybrids.Verbascum pulverulentum is a south and west European floral element, wide spread but rather rare. It is not limited to (sub)-Mediterranean region but can be found in several other European countries including Slovenia. Its most obvious morphological trait are its wooly hairs. When young, the plants are densely hairy. But the hairs fall off soon and form typical white flakes or clumps (see Figs.3 and 4). Stem and branches are round in cross-section and upper stem leaves are pointed (notice one of Latin synonym species names - 'acutifolium') (see Fig.7). Stamens have long whitish 'beard' of hairs and their bright red anthers are set perpendicularly to them (see Fig.5).Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora fr sterreich, Liechtenstein und Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 723.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 549. (3) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora fr Istrien, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins fr Krnten, (2014), p 873.(4) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske (Flora of Croatia) (in Croatian), kolska Knjiga, Zagreb (1994), p 270.(5) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p 399(6) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 511.

Under the name of Quishuar, this plant was sacred to the Incas. Growing at the Tiwanaku archaeological site, Bolivia.In context at www.dixpix.ca/sth_cordillera/flora/figworts/index.html

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Eremophila maculata subsp. brevifolia, MJB 2462

Desert Lignum (Eremophila polyclada) cultivated as a street tree in Mildura, Victoria, Australia. Photographed on 14 March 1976.Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.