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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum thapsus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 166-12-003:
Verbascum thapsus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant
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JK Marlow jkm0404g_37
April Haywood County NC
Roadside
Leaves densely woolly hairy, in a basal rosette & alternate spiral on stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Gill Newberry gn07_v_thapsis_flowers
July
Inflorescence dense and spike-like (at least initially), per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm060709_029
July Fayette County WV
Leaves sessile, decurrent down the stem to the next leaf, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm060723_017
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla yellow and 5-lobed, 15-25mm wide, within woolly 5-lobed sepals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
COMPARE
Moth Mullein, Wand Mullein, and Woolly Mullein