Hare Figwort

Common Name(s):

Hare Figwort
Lanceleaf Figwort
American Figwort

Scientific Name:

Scrophularia lanceolata Pursh

Scientific Name Synonyms:

Scrophularia pectinata Raf.

Symbol:

SCLA

Description:

Life Span: Perennial

Origin: Native

Growth Characteristics: Hare figwort is a tall, erect plant, growing 2-7 feet tall, and 2-4 feet wide. 

Flowers: The flowers are irregular in shape, the petals being reduced to a single, small, bilobed upper petal, and can range in color from red, yellow, and orange to brown and green. The flower often has a yellow lower lip. . The flowers are up to ½ inch wide. It has 4 normal stamens and a single wide yellow, sterile stamen. Flowers are arranged in a highly branched panicle. Blooms first appear in late spring and continue into mid summer. 

Leaves: Leaf arrangement is opposite. Leaves can reach 8 inches in length. Each leaf is irregularly serrated or double serrated and generally spear shaped (lanceolate) with long petioles.

Stems: The stems have flat sides, are square in shape, and may be glandular near the top. 

Growth Characteristics:

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Ecological Adaptions:

Often found in rocky or disturbed areas. In Utah it is found at elevations from 4,900 feet to over 10,000 feet. 

Soils: Prefers sunny, moist, well-drained soils.

Associated Species: Bracken fern, foothill deathcamas, lewis flax, Utah serviceberry

Uses and Management:

Hare figwort has some medicinal uses.