Flora of North America species comparison

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Verbascum thapsus

Verbascum lychnitis

common mullein, cowboy toilet paper, flannel mullein, flannel plant, grande molène, great mullein, woolly mullein

white mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Verbascum lychnitis
Distribution
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AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; Europe [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America, Asia, Pacific Islands, Australia]
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CO; CT; DE; IA; MA; MD; MI; MO; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; VA; VT; WV; ON; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Verbascum lychnitis is recognized by its bicolored leaves, sessile and non-clasping cauline leaves, freely branched inflorescences with loosely overlapping flower clusters, relatively long pedicels, and relatively small, white corollas. Subspecies moenchii (C. F. Schultz) Holub & F. Mlady was recognized in 1978, referring to a white-flowered variant in central Europe.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 347. FNA vol. 17, p. 349.
Parent taxa Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum
Sibling taxa
V. blattaria, V. bombyciferum, V. densiflorum, V. lychnitis, V. nigrum, V. phlomoides, V. phoeniceum, V. pulverulentum, V. sinuatum, V. speciosum, V. virgatum
V. blattaria, V. bombyciferum, V. densiflorum, V. nigrum, V. phlomoides, V. phoeniceum, V. pulverulentum, V. sinuatum, V. speciosum, V. thapsus, V. virgatum
Subordinate taxa
V. thapsus subsp. thapsus
V. lychnitis subsp. lychnitis
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 177. (1753) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 177. (1753)
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