Verbascum thapsus |
Verbascum speciosum |
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common mullein, cowboy toilet paper, flannel mullein, flannel plant, grande molène, great mullein, woolly mullein |
showy mullein |
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Verbascum thapsus |
Verbascum speciosum |
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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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CA; IL; Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Subspecies 3 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora). It is not clear that subsp. speciosum is the best identification for plants in the flora area, if the infraspecific distinction is to be made. Subspecies speciosum is characterized by leaves with grayish, rather harsh tomentum and capsules 3–6 mm; subsp. megaphlomos (Boissier & Heldreich) Nyman is characterized by leaves with a white or yellowish, soft, thick tomentum and capsules 5–7 mm. Distinctly elongate basal and proximal cauline leaves are often found in Verbascum speciosum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 347. | FNA vol. 17, p. 351. |
Parent taxa | Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum | Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 177. (1753) | Schrader: Index Seminum (Göttingen) 2: 22, plate 16. (1811) |
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