Differentiating features of genus resp. species of Scrophulariaceae in Mongolia
taxa | height in cm | corolla | corolla length in mm | corolla limb | spur | corolla lips | flower colour | stamen |
Castilleja pallida | 20-50 | tubular | ca 15 | bilabiate | without | upper lenghtwise concave folded | pale yellow | 4 |
Cymbaria daurica | 5-15 | tubular | 25-50 | bilabiate | without | upper bend outwarts, lower longer than upper one | bright yellow, dried brownish | 4 |
Dodartia orientalis | 15-35 | tubular | 15-25 | bilabiate | without | upper lip flat, lower lip densely glandular hairy | dark purple | 4 |
Euphrasia div. (4 species) | 3-30 | tubular | 5-10 | bilabiate | without | lobes from upper lip bent backward | white, pink to pale purple | 4 |
Lagotis integrifolia | 8-35 | tubular, tube cylindrical | 8-12 | bilabiate | without | upper lip flat | dingy-white | 2 |
Lancea tibetica | 2-7 | tubular | 15-25 | bilabiate | without | upper lip flat, deeply 2-lobed | purple to blue | 4 |
Limosella aquatica | 2-5 | regular campanulate | 1-2 | 5-lobate | without | not bilabiate | pink | 4 |
Linaria div. (8 species) | tubular | bilabiate | with | lower with protuberance | yellow | 4 | ||
Odontites vulgaris | 15-40 | tubular | 8-10 | bilabiate | without | 2-lipped | pale red-purple | 4 |
Rhinanthus songaricus | 20-50 | tubular | 15-20 | bilabiate | without | upper lip helmet shaped | light yellow | 4 |
Scrophularia div. (3 species) | 15-70 | globose, with short tube only | 4-17 | short bilabiate | without | very short bilabiate | yellowish or darc purple | 4 |
Veronica div. (18 species) | flat, rotate | 4-lobate | without | without | blue, rarely white or pink | 2 | ||
Veronicastrum div. (2 species) | flat, rotate | 4-lobate | without | without | blue | 2 |
taxa | leaves | leaf margin | remarks |
Castilleja pallida | alternate, linear-lanceolate | entire | Stem simple. Flowers aggregated at stem apex in dense racemes with pale yellow large bracts, calyx bilobate. |
Cymbaria daurica | opposite, linear lanceolate | entire | Stem branched, densely hairy. Flowers large, solitary, calyx 5-dentate with appendages between the teeth: appears 10 dentate. |
Dodartia orientalis | alternate to opposite, linear | entire or toothed | Perannial, with terminal loose racemes, leaves falling off early. |
Euphrasia div. (4 species) | opposite | acute dentate | Small annual with hairs, facultative semi-parasitic on grasses and other plants. |
Lagotis integrifolia | opposite, petiolate | entire or toothed | Stem simple, leaved. Flowers sessile, aggregated in dense cylindrical inflorescences. |
Lancea tibetica | opposite, elliptic | entire or toothed | Corolla dark blue to purple, throat yellowish with purple dots. Fruit included in persistent calyx |
Limosella aquatica | in radical rosette, long petiolate | entire | Aquatic plant with reduced stem. |
Linaria div. (8 species) | alternate | entire | Corolla throat closed by protuberance of lower lip. |
Odontites vulgaris | opposite, lanceolate | sparsely dentate | Semi-parasitic hairy annual. |
Rhinanthus songaricus | opposite, linear-lanceolate | dentate | Semi-parasitic; calyx inflated, laterally compressed. |
Scrophularia div. (3 species) | opposite, dentate or pinnatilobate | dentate | Rather large plants, corolla tube globose. |
Veronica div. (18 species) | mostly opposite, rarely whorled or upper ones alternate | Flowers somewhat regular. | |
Veronicastrum div. (2 species) | alternate or whorled | Flowers somewhat regular, calyx 4 lobate. |