Definition of foxglove family Foxglove family
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| foxglove family - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales | ||
| Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family | ||
| asterid dicot family family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| order polemoniales, polemoniales Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales | ||
| genus scrophularia, scrophularia type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts | ||
| antirrhinum, genus antirrhinum a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers | ||
| besseya, genus besseya genus of North American spring wildflowers | ||
| aureolaria, genus aureolaria small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia | ||
| genus calceolaria large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers | ||
| castilleia, castilleja, genus castilleia, genus castilleja genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses | ||
| chelone, genus chelone herbaceous perennials: shellflower | ||
| collinsia, genus collinsia genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States | ||
| culver's physic, culver's root, culvers physic, culvers root, veronicastrum virginicum, whorlywort a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America | ||
| genus digitalis genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers | ||
| genus gerardia genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers; plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis | ||
| agalinis, genus agalinis semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies | ||
| genus linaria, linaria genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon | ||
| genus penstemon, penstemon large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America | ||
| genus verbascum, verbascum genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves | ||
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