Scrophularia sambucifolia
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| Scrophularia sambucifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Scrophularia |
| Species: | S. sambucifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Scrophularia sambucifolia | |
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Scrophularia sambucifolia is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) native to the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa.

Scrophularia sambucifolia is a perennial rhizomatous glabrous herb with stems up to 1.90 m (6.2 ft) tall with little or no ramification. Inflorescence is usually 15–50 cm (5.9–19.7 in) long with 1 to 10 opposed flowers. Flower crown is orange-reddish, orange-purple or greenish-yellow with orange spots, upper lip is reddish purple. Anthers are yellow, sometimes with bluish margins. Staminode is purple, sometimes greenish-purple.[2]