foxglove family

1. 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 (synset 112896792)
   is a type of: asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
   member holonym:

   • 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
   • genus veronica - widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell
   belongs to: order polemoniales, polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
   same as: family scrophulariaceae, figwort family, scrophulariaceae

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