Chinese Figwort dried root Scrophularia buergeriana

LATIN NAME: SCROPHULARIA BUERGERIANA

COMMON NAME: Buerger’s Figwort

The Buerger’s figwort hoods the upright, leafy perennial with the square, green stems and the opposite, oval, toothed leaves, the small, green-brown flowers hooding the stem in the loose panicles, the small, brown capsules following. It grows steadily into the tall, branched form, and it stands the cool nights and the moist, rich soil well. It likes the sun or the light shade, and the deep, moist ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The hooded, green-brown flowers of the Buerger’s figwort give it a recognised place in the research on the woodland and meadow perennials of the figwort family, and the buergeriana species appears in the studies of the traditional herb plants and the flower structure. The work looks at the way the square stems hood the loose panicles, the edge-habitat growth, and the seed biology. The quiet, green-brown colour pleases the botanists, and the growers of the wildflower and shade-border plants keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the moist garden, the Buerger’s figwort hoods the summer border with the quiet, green-brown flowers. The blooms open through the summer, the nectar feeds the wasps and the bees, and the plant makes the fine back-of-border and the wildlife plant. It thrives in the deep, moist, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Green-hooded, square-stemmed and wildlife-fed.

To grow the Buerger’s Figwort from seed, sow the fine seeds on the surface of a pot of damp seed compost.

Sow the fine seeds on the surface of a pot of damp seed compost, and give the young plants the cool, moist spot. The hood flowers come through the summer. , keeping them cool, keep the pot gently watered, and the young plants come along well. The hood flowers will green through the summer.

The Chinese Figwortdried root is used in traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-inflammatory and vasodilator. Used to treat high blood pressure, fever, constipation, swelling, pharyngitis, neuritis, and laryngitis. In Korean medicine it is believed to help to "flush out poisons."