Scrophularia laevis

Wooton & Standley

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 173. 1913.

EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 343. Mentioned on page 340.

Herbs, perennial, 4–10 dm; herbage light green, glabrate. Leaves: petiole length 1/3–1/2 blade; blade lanceolate to ovate, 5–7 cm, length 2–2.5 times width, base truncate, margins dentate. Pedicels slender, glabrate or stipitate-glandular. Flowers: corolla red to green, unicolored or ± bicolored, paler abaxially, 7–11 mm, throat open; staminode orbiculate, length equal to width.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Moist canyons.
Elevation: 2100–2600 m.

Discussion

Scrophularia laevis is known from the Organ Mountains in Doña Ana County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.