Scrophularia macrantha

231-002 Scrophularia macrantha
Joy Creek Photo Archive (c) all rights reserved	Found on north-facing slopes in steep rocky habitats in SW New Mexico at elevations from 6,500 to 8200 ft. A little light shade seems necessary to make this plant flourish. Its mint green leaves are lance-shaped and serrated along their edges. The matte red flowers appear in loose terminal panicles bearing, on our random count, up to 21 open or budded flowers at a time. Inidividual flowers are pouch-like in appearnace, 3/4-inch in length, with an extended upper lip and recessed lower lip. The flowers are held at a 45 degree angle, perhaps to assist the hummingbirds that pollinate them. Summer. 36 in. x 16 in. Red flowers *Sun, Part Shade Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9*