Figwort, Common (Scrophularia nodosa) Plant

Produces small, lipped flowers with a purplish-maroon upper lip and a fresh green lower lip. Growing on a stout, square and copper-tinted stem, this robust river-side plant has more to it than meets the eye- it attracts pollinators, and was once prized as a powerful medicinal herb.

• Type: Perennial 
• Height: 60–80cm.
• Flowers: June-September 
• Soil Requirement: Moist
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Natural Habitat: Damp woods, hedgerows, ditches
• Also known as: Carpenter’s Square, Kernel Wort, Murrain Grass