Family Scrophulariaceae, containing about 4,000 species of flowering plants in 190 genera, found worldwide.
The family is notable for its many ornamental garden plants, including snapdragon ( Antirrhinum species) and foxglove . Antirrhinum contains about 40 species native to western North America and the western Mediterranean. Other members of the family, including butter-and-eggs , are wildflowers. Flowers of the family are tubular and bilaterally symmetrical (two-lipped).