Scrophulariaceae: Wildflowers of the Figwort or Snapdragon Family. Pictures and help with wildflower Identification from Thomas J. Elpel, author of Botany in a Day. The easy way to identify flowers.

Plants of the Snapdragon Family

Subfamilies of the Snapdragon Family
Figwort Subfamily | Rattleweed Subfamily | Mullein Subfamily |

Linaria vulgaris. Butter-and-Eggs Toadflax. Hell's Canyon. Near Silver Star, Montana. Butter-and-eggs toadflax has escaped cultivation to become a semi-invasive weed.	Botany in a Day
Linaria dalmatica. Dalmation Toadflax. Red Rocks Park. Colorado. Dalmation toadflax has escaped cultivation to become an invasive weed.	Linaria dalmatica. Dalmation Toadflax. Missoula, Montana. Dalmation toadflax has escaped cultivation to become an invasive weed.
Mimulus guttatus. Yellow Monkey Flower. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Mimulus guttatus. Yellow Monkey Flower. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Mimulus lewisii. Pink Monkey Flower. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Collinsia parviflora. Blue-Eyed Mary. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Penstemon eriantherus. Fuzzy-Tongue Penstemon. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Penstemon montanus. Alpine Penstemon. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Penstemon procerus. Slender Blue Penstemon. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Penstemon procerus. Slender Blue Penstemon. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Penstemon nitidus. Wax-Leaved Penstemon. Ruby Range. Near Alder, Montana.	Botany in a Day

-Also see these West Coast members of the Figwort Family/Figwort Subfamily-

Scrophularia californica. California Figwort. Photographed along the northern California coast.
Scrophularia californica. California Figwort. Close-up. Photographed along the northern California coast.

Rattleweed Subfamily

Orthocarpus tenuifolius. Thin-Leaved Owl Clover. Castle Mountains, near the Smith River.	Orthocarpus tenuifolius. Thin-Leaved Owl Clover. Castle Mountains, near the Smith River.
Castilleja spp. Yellow Paintbrush. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Castilleja spp. Yellow Paintbrush. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Castilleja spp. Red Indian Paintbrush. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.	Pedicularis groenlandica. Elephant's Head Lousewort. Tobacco Root Mountains. Pony, Montana.
Pedicularis bracteosa. Yellow Lousewort. Bridger Mountains, near Bozeman, Montana.	Pedicularis bracteosa. Yellow Lousewort. Bridger Mountains, near Bozeman, Montana.
Botany in a Day	Digitalis purpurea.Foxglove. Foxglove is an imported plant that has escaped cultivation in many places across North America. This one was photographed along the northern California coast.
Veronica americana. American speedwell. Photographed along the Jefferson River in southwestern Montana.	Veronica americana. American speedwell. Photographed along the Jefferson River in southwestern Montana.

-Also see these members of the Figwort Family/Rattleweed Subfamily-

Castilleja spp. Arizona Paintbrush. Fort Bowie National Historic Monument, Arizona.

Mullein Subfamily

Botany in a Day

Verbascum thapsus.Mullein. Hungry Horse Reservoir. Montana. Mullein is an introduced, sometimes invasive weed from Eurasia. It is found across North America.

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Figwort Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.

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