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Scrophulariaceae

3-Herbaceous habit

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Most members of the Scrophulariaceae are herbaceous plants, either perennial or annual. This is Digitalis purpurea, from which a drug is obtained that is used to treat various heart disorders.

Photo by K. R. Robertson along a roadside near Loch Tay in Scotland.

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