Common name
English: Water Figwort
German: Wasser-Braunwurz
Portuguese: Erva-das-escaldadelas, Escrofulária
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Scrophulariaceae (40)(family description)
Genus: Scrophularia (3)
Epithet: auriculata L. (3)
Synonym: Scrophularia aquatica auct. non L.
aquatica => living in water
auriculata => ear-shaped
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: hydrophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red