OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 8 taxa in the family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Lindley's Butterflybush

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Buddleja lindleyana   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Buddleja lindleyana   FAMILY: Buddlejaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buddleja lindleyana 154-05-001   FAMILY: Loganiaceae

 

Habitat: Rarely escaped to disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: China

 


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camera icon Common Name: Orange-eye Butterflybush, Summer-lilac

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Buddleja davidii   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Buddleja davidii   FAMILY: Buddlejaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Buddleja davidii 154-05-002   FAMILY: Loganiaceae

 

Habitat: Spreading from horticultural use to disturbed places, thickets, and streambanks

Rare

Non-native: China

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Moth Mullein

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum blattaria 166-12-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum virgatum   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum virgatum   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum virgatum 166-12-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Verbascum thapsus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum thapsus 166-12-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, sometimes weedy on rock outcrops

Common

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Clasping Mullein, Orange Mullein

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Verbascum phlomoides   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Verbascum phlomoides   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Verbascum phlomoides 166-12-004   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills (if left unburned)

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: Eastern Figwort, Carpenter's Square, Late Figwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scrophularia marilandica   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scrophularia marilandica   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scrophularia marilandica 166-15-001   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Moist to dry, nutrient-rich woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks

Uncommon in Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Hare Figwort, American Figwort, Lancelaf Figwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scrophularia lanceolata   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scrophularia lanceolata   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry upland forests, shale barrens, clearings

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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"The following chronological synopsis of flora accounts of Microstegium is instructive: not treated by Small (1933), 'local' (Fernald 1950), 'rarely introduced and possibly not established' (Gleason & Cronquist 1952), 'sporadically naturalized' (Godfrey & Wooten 1979), 'a rapidly spreading pernicious invader on moist ground, too common' (Wofford 1989)... This species has become a very serious pest, now ranking as one of the most destructive introduced plants in our area, forming extensive and dense patches, sprawling over and eliminating nearly all other herbaceous plants. Eradication is very difficult, and considering its obvious colonizing abilities, only temporary." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)