Scrophularia californica
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Scrophularia californica

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Scrophularia
Species: S. californica
Binomial name
Scrophularia californica
Cham. & Schldl.

Scrophularia californica is a flowering plant in the figwort family which is known by the common names California figwort and California bee plant. It is native to the western United States and British Columbia. This is an unassuming plant with triangular, toothed, blue-green leaves in pairs opposite each other on a spindly, squared stem. The brownish-magenta flowers are rounded, hollow buds about a centimeter long with two long upper lobes. This species is a strong bee attractant.

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