About Scrophularia californica Cham. & Schltdl.
Scrophularia californica Cham. & Schltdl. is an unobtrusive plant. It grows on a slender, squared stem that bears pairs of opposite triangular, toothed blue-green leaves. Its brownish-magenta flowers form rounded, hollow buds roughly one centimeter long, each marked with two long upper lobes. Native American groups in northern Baja California have used the root of this plant to prepare a medicinal tea. The Pomo people of northwestern California and the Ohlone people of the San Francisco Bay Area applied the plant as a poultice to treat infections and boils.
