Verbascum thapsus |
Verbascum phlomoides |
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common mullein, cowboy toilet paper, flannel mullein, flannel plant, grande molène, great mullein, woolly mullein |
clasping mullein, molène faux-phlomis, orange mullein, woolly mullein |
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Habit | Biennials. | |
Stems | (30–)50–200 cm, densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular. |
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Leaves | surfaces densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 40–80 mm; blade ovate-lanceolate to ovate-elliptic or oblong, (10–)15–25(–35) × 4–10(–15) cm, base attenuate; cauline subauriculate-clasping, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, rarely slightly so, margins entire or shallowly crenate, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts caudate-acuminate to short-acuminate. |
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Inflorescences | unbranched, narrowly cylindric, flowers densely overlapping or remote proximally, in clusters of 2–9; rachis densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 9–15 mm, base short-decurrent or not at all, apex acute to short-acuminate, densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular. |
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Pedicels | adnate to rachis at base, 2–8(–15) mm; bracteoles 2. |
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Flowers | calyx 5–12 mm, densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular, lobes lanceolate to triangular; corolla yellow, 30–55 mm diam., pellucid glands absent or relatively few; proximal filaments glabrous at least distally, distal pair villous, hairs white or yellow; stigma spatulate, base decurrent. |
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Capsules | elliptic-ovoid, 5–8 mm, tomentose. |
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2n | = 32. |
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Verbascum thapsus |
Verbascum phlomoides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | |
Habitat | Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites. | |
Elevation | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) | |
Distribution |
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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AR; CO; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; AB; BC; MB; ON; PE; QC; SK; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America (Ecuador), Pacific Islands (New Zealand)]
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Discussion | Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
In the flora area, Verbascum phlomoides is known from a single location each in Manitoba (near Roseisle) and Saskatchewan (near Moose Jaw). The record for Washington possibly is only a waif (King County, Seattle, in waste ground, introduced from Europe, 12 September 1936, W. J. Eyerdam s.n., SMU), because it apparently has not been recorded there since. Verbascum ×kerneri Fritsch is a hybrid between V. phlomoides and V. thapsus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 347. | FNA vol. 17, p. 348. |
Parent taxa | Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum | Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 177. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1194. (1753) |
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