| Scientific Name: | Scrophularia auriculata 'Variegata' |
| Common Name: | variegated figwort |
| Family Name: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Aquatic - ponds, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Heavily veined, Rugose, Elliptic, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Dark-red, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems to < 1m tall, 4-angles; leaves opposite (may appear clusterd due to lateral branching), lanceolate, most 8-14cm long, creamy variegation on the margins with a medium-green inside; florets about 0.5cm wide with two larger petal lobes on the top and looking a bit like an open mouth. | |