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.

1. King's Snapdragon: Antirrhinum kingii

2. Red Besseya Besseya rubra

3. 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.

4. Dwarf Snapdragon, Small European Toadflax: Chaenorrhinum minus -

5. The Blue-eyed Marys: The Genus Collinsia -

6. The Bird's Beaks: The Genus Cordylanthus -

7. Hedge Hyssop: The Genus Gratiola -

9. Southern Mudwort: Limosella acaulis -

10. Mudwort Limosella aquatica

11. The Toadflaxes The Genus Linaria

12. Common False Pimpernel Lindernia dubia -

13. Mimetanthe pilosa -

14. NW High Desert Monkey Flowers: The Genus Mimulus

15. Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa -

16. NW High Desert Owl-clovers: The Genus Orthocarpus

17. Yellow Parentucellia: Parentucellia viscosa - Specimen collected at Arlington, OR.

18. The Louseworts: The Genus Pedicularis -

19. NW High Desert Penstemons: The Genus Penstemon -

20. Lance-leaved Figwort: Scrophularia lanceolata

21. Kittentails: The Genus Synthyris

22. The Tonellas: The Genus Tonella

23. The Mulleins: The Genus Verbascum

24. The Speedwells: The Genus Veronica