Common Name: common figwort, knotted figwort, carpenter's squareScientific Name: Scrophularia nodosa L.Family Name: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and nodular tubers Stemsupright, often much branched, slender, smooth below and glandular pubescent above, squarish or four-angled with rounded corners, grooved Leavesopposite, oval to broadly lanceolate, leaf base truncate, margins toothed, petioled short (less than 1/3 the leaf blade) with winged margins Flowers5-petaled, reddish brown to reddish-purple, green on outside, irregular 2-lipped and tubular; terminal panicle, open and pyramidal, leafless Seed Podscapsule, egg-shaped to nearly round, brown and shiny