Scrophularia californica - California figwort

California figwort (Scrophularia californica) is an evergreen perennial of California coastal woodlands and chaparral, growing from Los Angeles to British Columbia. Its iridoid glycosides make the plant unpalatable, so it is not eaten. It grows 1-1.5 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Herb¹
• Perennial¹
• Evergreen¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1-1.5
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Scrophularia californica, California Figwort | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩