Scrophularia vernalisL.

Yellow Figwortyellow figwort

WFO wfo-0000495948 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Emanuele Santarelli
fig. a Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-22 / obs. 200351307
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Michel Langeveld
fig. b Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172181932
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Sandy Rae
fig. c Sandy Rae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 83791432
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. d Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125981074
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Ljaž
fig. e Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188101337
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Piermario Maculan
fig. f Piermario Maculan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 187104717
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Karen Fry
fig. g Karen Fry, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186612084
Scrophularia vernalis, photographed by Dorte Stokholm
fig. h Dorte Stokholm, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73098071

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Scrophularia vernalis is native: Iran, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Austria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, South European Russia, Ukraine IranTranscaucasusTürkiyeAustriaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.SiciliaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Scrophularia vernalis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ceramanthe vernalis (L.) Dumort.
  • Scrophularia anomala Vest
  • Scrophularia clausii Boiss. & Buhse
  • Scrophularia cordata Waldst. & Kit.
  • Scrophularia lutea Gray
  • Scrophularia rotundifolia Host ex Schur
  • Scrophularia verna Mill.
  • Scrophularia vernalis var. cordata Hornem.
  • Scrophularia vernalis var. hyrcana Grossh.
  • Scrophularia vernalis var. ovata Hornem.
  • Venilia vernalis (L.) Fourr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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