Family: Scrophulariaceae Water Figwort Scrophularia auriculata Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native Common on damp or wet soil in woods, hedgebanks and on waste ground Small brownish-red flowers with white-bordered, rounded sepals. The square stems are 4-winged, leaves are blunt-tipped with blunt teeth, often with 2 small lower lobes. Rhizomes are without tuber-like swellings. Similar: Common Figwort, S. nodosa. Stems +/- unwinged, rhizomes with many small tubers.

Water Figwort, Scrophularia auriculata
The Purbecks, Dorset. October 2012