figwort family

noun

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

   Synonyms

   • Scrophulariaceae, family Scrophulariaceae, foxglove family

   Less specific

   • asterid dicot family

   Members

   • Scrophularia, genus Scrophularia, Antirrhinum, genus Antirrhinum, Besseya, genus Besseya, Aureolaria, genus Aureolaria, genus Calceolaria, Castilleja, genus Castilleja, Castilleia, genus Castilleia, Chelone, genus Chelone (more) , Collinsia, genus Collinsia, Culver's root, Culvers root, Culver's physic, Culvers physic, whorlywort, Veronicastrum virginicum, genus Digitalis, genus Gerardia, Agalinis, genus Agalinis, Linaria, genus Linaria, Penstemon, genus Penstemon, Verbascum, genus Verbascum, genus Veronica

   Member of

   • Polemoniales, order Polemoniales