Carpenter's Square

Scientific Name:   Scrophularia marilandica


Fluted, square-stemmed (edges rounded) perennial with a single groove on each side, typically growing 5-10 feet tall.

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Carpenter's Square

Genus species: Scrophularia marilandica
Common Name: Carpenter's Square
Family Name: Scrophulariaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves various; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, bilabiate in some, in various clusters; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:A. Swanson
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