| Author: | William Botting Hemsley, 1890 |
| Family: |
SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Origin: |
China,
Vietnam |
| Soil: |
Rich - Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3-5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
150 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Maroon / Green |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Ningpo
Figwort, Chinese Figwort, Common Figwort |
| Synonyms: |
Scrophularia
microdonta Franch. 1900.
Scrophularia silvestrii Bonati
& Pamp. 1998 |
This member of the Scrophulariaceae family was
given this name by William Botting Hemsley in 1890. It is found in
China and Vietnam's bamboo forests, growing in a rich but well
drained soil with quite some water and some sun. The rots can
grow to five centimetres, the plant up to one or even one and a half
meter. The flowers are maroon with a green outer.
The genera name from Latin:
scrophulae; a gland disease at pigs; skrofa, with this
plant could cure. The species name means 'from Ningpo' in China. |
