Usually herbs, rarely shrubs. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, zygomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 3–5, connate. Petals 3-5, connate. Stamens 1–8 stamens. Carpels 1 or 2, syncarpous; ovary superior to inferior. Fruit a capsule, achene, berry, or schizocarp of nutlets.

107 genera

Antirrhinum majus

Misopates orontium

Russelia equisetiformis

Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Veronica persica