Scoparia

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Scrophulariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Scoparia

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Erect herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled, serrate. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual, axillary, solitary or paired; not bracteate; calyx of 4-5 equal, deeply lobed sepals; corolla saucer-shaped, with 4 deeply parted, spreading lobes, pubescent within; stamens 4, exserted, the filaments of equal length, adnate to the base of corolla tube, the anthers oblong to ovoid, bilocular; ovary 2- locular with axile placentation, the style distal, elongate, exserted, with a capitate stigma. Fruit a many-seeded, septicidal capsule; seeds angular, obovoid.

    Distribution and Ecology - A genus of 20 species in tropical America.