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| Figure 49.—Figwort (Scrophularia marilandica) |
Other common names.—Maryland figwort, heal-all, pilewort, carpenter square.
Habitat and range.—This plant, often galled Maryland figwort, is found in woodlands from Maine to Kansas and south to Georgia and Tennessee.
Description.—The figwort is 3 to l0 feet high with 4-angled stems widely branched above and slender-stemmed, somewhat egg-shaped or lance-shaped sharply toothed leaves 3 to 9 inches long. The numerous small, greenish-purple flowers are produced from July to September in rather open panicles.
Part used.—The herb.