Verbascum virgatum |
Verbascum speciosum |
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molène en baguette, twiggy mullein, wand mullein |
showy mullein |
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Habit | Biennials. | |
Stems | 50–100 cm, densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous. |
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Leaves | surfaces densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 1–2 mm; blade elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 8–20(–30) × 2.5–8(–15) cm, base subrounded to broadly cuneate; cauline not clasping, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins coarsely crenate to crenulate, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts acute to obtuse. |
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Inflorescences | unbranched, narrowly cylindric, flowers remote, solitary in axils at least distally, sometimes 1(–5) at proximal nodes; rachis densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous with simple hairs; bracts linear-lanceolate, 8–20 mm, base not decurrent, apex long-acuminate, densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous with simple hairs. |
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Pedicels | free, (0–)1–3 mm; bracteoles 2. |
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Flowers | calyx 4–9 mm, densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous with simple hairs, lobes ovate-lanceolate to triangular or narrowly lanceolate; corolla yellow, (25–)30–40 mm diam., pellucid glands absent or relatively few; proximal filaments glabrous at least distally, distal pair villous, hairs purplish to violet or whitish; stigma capitate. |
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Capsules | ovoid-globular to subglobular, 6–10 mm, stipitate-glandular. |
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Verbascum virgatum |
Verbascum speciosum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Oct). | |
Habitat | Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites. | |
Elevation | 10–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | |
Distribution |
AL; AZ; CA; FL; GA; ID; IL; IN; LA; NC; NM; NV; NY; OH; PA; SC; TX; UT; BC; NS; ON; QC; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Coahuila), South America (Argentina, Chile), s Asia (India), Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand), Australia]
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CA; IL; Europe [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | The occurrence of Verbascum virgatum in Nova Scotia may be historic; Ruth collected specimens from 1940 through 1960 from East Chester, Sydney, and Wolfville; it apparently has not been seen there subsequently. It also may be historic in British Columbia. (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 | Stokes: in W. Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 227. (1787) | Schrader: Index Seminum (Göttingen) 2: 22, plate 16. (1811) |
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