This family is characterized by having flowers having 5 united petals, usually forming a 2-lipped corolla, the base surrounded frequently by 4 to 5 united sepasl. The ovary is superior. The stamens are generally 4, but may be as few as 2 or as many as 5. The stems are round with leaves usually opposite.
False Pimpernel Family: Linderniaceae
Common False Pimpernel Lindernia dubia -
Broomrape Family: Orobanchaceae
NW High Desert Paintbrushes Castilleja species: Scarlet, orange, yellow, or green flowers (bracts). Leaves mostly split at tips into several thin lobes, but occasionally with all leaves entire.
The Bird's Beaks: The Genus Cordylanthus -
Broomrapes: The Genus Orobanche
NW High Desert Owl-clovers: The Genus Orthocarpus
Yellow Parentucellia: Bellardia viscosa (Synonym: Parentucellia viscosa) - Specimen collected at Arlington, OR.
The Louseworts: The Genus Pedicularis -
Monkeyflower Family: Phrymaceae
NW High Desert Monkey Flowers: The Genera Diplacus and Erythranthe
Downy Monkeyflower: Mimetanthe pilosa (Synonym: Mimulus pilosus) -
Plantain Family: Plantaginaceae
King's Snapdragon: Antirrhinum kingii (Synonym: Sairocarpus kingii)
Water Starworts: The Genus Callitriche
Dwarf Snapdragon, Small European Toadflax: Chaenorhinum minus -
The Blue-eyed Marys: The Genus Collinsia -
Hedge Hyssop: The Genus Gratiola -
The Toadflaxes The Genus Linaria
Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa -
NW High Desert Penstemons: The Genus Penstemon -
Plantains: The Genus Plantago
Kittentails: The Genus Synthyris
Red Besseya : Synthyris rubra
The Tonellas: The Genus Tonella
The Speedwells: The Genus Veronica
Figwort Family: Scrophulariaceae
Southern Mudwort: Limosella acaulis -
Mudwort Limosella aquatica
Lanceleaf Figwort, Lance-leaf Figwort: Scrophularia lanceolata (Synonyms: Scrophularia leporella, Scrophularia nodosa var. occidentalis, Scrophularia occidentalis, Scrophularia pectinata)
The Mulleins: The Genus Verbascum