Spreads via short tuberous rhizomes and seed

Present in nearly all of the Mountain region and most of the Piedmont of North Carolina, Late Figwort is a pollinator magnet! An upright, square-stemmed perennial native to open woods and roadsides, its tiny, greenish purple two-lipped, tubular flowers with reddish-brown interiors bloom in summer, following Early Figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata). This…