NameThatPlant.net: Verbascum blattaria

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbascum blattaria FAMILY Scrophulariaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum blattaria FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-001:

Verbascum blattaria FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Moth Mullein

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbascum blattaria FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum blattaria FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-001:
Verbascum blattaria FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

1594

Forb
Perennial/Biennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Stem leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow/White
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
5-parted 2-lipped rotate corolla
5 fertile exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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