Scrophularia peregrina L.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Weeds of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia peregrina L.
Sp. PL 621 (1753).
CLAREMONT: RSABG; collected on the SE edge of
Indian Hill Mesa on a vemally moist clay embankment; elev.
ca. 1320 ft A common winter and spring weed in the area,
occuring on the clay soils of the mesa as well as the granitic
alluvium to the N and E (also observed in the Bernard Field
Station to the E of the botanic garden).
Apparently cultivated at RSABG in the 1950's by a
graduate student studying Scrophularia, but subsequently
escaping and becoming a weed here.
Annual herb 10-60 (90) cm tall with light- to
medium-green leaves, sometimes taking on a purplish-red
tinge in full sun; corolla dull burgundy-red. Robust
specimens may look similar to Scrophularia california,
though differing in their inflorescence structure and annual
habit. Native to the Mediterranean region.
Tim Ross 6819
and Steve Boyd
24 March 1993
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