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|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Verbascum;Verbascum lychnitis;Verbascum lychnitis subsp. lychnitis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Verbascum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Verbascum lychnitis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Verbascum lychnitis subsp. lychnitis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
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|treatment_page=page 349
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism duration"><b>Biennials.</b></span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem some measurement;stem coloration;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>50–150 cm, thinly tawny to gray-tomentose, glabrescent, eglandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="surface coloration;surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface duration;adaxial surface fusion;adaxial surface architecture"><b>Leaves:</b> surfaces thinly tawny to gray-tomentose, abaxial soon glabrescent, adaxial persistent, closely adherent, eglandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal leaf architecture;basal leaf shape;basal leaf architecture;petiolar region some measurement;cauline leaf architecture">basal leaves sessile or basally attenuate and sessile, less commonly with petiolar region 10–50 mm, cauline sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade atypical length;blade atypical length;blade length;blade atypical width;blade width;base shape">blade obovate to elliptic-obovate, (8–) 10–15 (–30) × 3–7 (–11) cm, base attenuate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="cauline distal and floral bract architecture or fixation;cauline distal and floral bract architecture or fixation;cauline distal and floral bract size;base shape;margin shape;margin shape;apex shape">cauline not clasping or slightly so, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins coarsely to shallowly crenate-serrate or subentire, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts long-acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence shape;inflorescence shape;inflorescence shape;flower arrangement;flower arrangement or density"><b>Inflorescences </b>freely branched, loosely conic to broadly cylindric, elliptic, or ovate panicle, flowers loosely overlapping, sometimes barely remote, in clusters of 2–5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="rachis coloration;rachis pubescence;rachis pubescence;rachis duration;rachis fusion;rachis architecture">rachis thinly tawny to gray-tomentose, glabrescent, persistent and closely adherent on abaxial leaf surfaces, not completely obscuring epidermis, eglandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract shape;bract some measurement;base shape;apex shape;apex coloration;apex pubescence;apex pubescence;apex duration;apex fusion;apex architecture">bracts linear to narrowly lanceolate, 8–15 mm, base not decurrent, apex acute, thinly tawny to gray-tomentose, glabrescent, persistent and closely adherent on abaxial leaf surfaces, not completely obscuring epidermis, eglandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel fusion;pedicel some measurement"><b>Pedicels </b>free, 6–11 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole quantity">bracteoles 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="calyx some measurement;calyx coloration;calyx pubescence;calyx pubescence;calyx duration;calyx fusion;calyx architecture;lobe shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx 2.5–4 mm, thinly tawny to gray-tomentose, glabrescent, persistent and closely adherent on abaxial leaf surfaces, not completely obscuring epidermis, eglandular, lobes lanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla diameter;gland coloration;gland presence">corolla white, sometimes yellowish, 12–20 mm diam., pellucid glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament pubescence;hair coloration">filaments villous, hairs yellow to whitish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>ovoid-ellipsoid, 4–5 mm, tomentose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule some measurement;capsule pubescence;2n chromosome quantity;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 32, 34.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy fields, vacant lots, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=50–300 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Iowa;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Europe;Asia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>J. K. Small (1933) listed Verbascum lychnitis (without further taxonomic restriction) as occurring in North Carolina, but no specimen has yet been located.</p><!--
--><p>Verbascum ×spurium W. D. J. Koch is a hybrid between V. lychnitis and V. thapsus.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Verbascum lychnitis subsp. lychnitis
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|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy fields, vacant lots, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=50–300 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Iowa;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Europe;Asia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Verbascum
|species=Verbascum lychnitis
|subspecies=Verbascum lychnitis subsp. lychnitis
|2n chromosome quantity=34;32
|abaxial surface pubescence=glabrescent
|adaxial surface architecture=eglandular
|adaxial surface duration=persistent
|adaxial surface fusion=adherent
|apex architecture=eglandular
|apex coloration=tawny
|apex duration=persistent
|apex fusion=adherent
|apex pubescence=glabrescent;gray-tomentose
|apex shape=acute;long-acuminate
|basal leaf architecture=sessile;sessile
|basal leaf shape=attenuate
|base shape=not decurrent;not decurrent;attenuate
|blade atypical length=15cm;30cm
|blade atypical width=7cm;11cm
|blade length=10cm;15cm
|blade shape=obovate;elliptic-obovate
|blade width=3cm;7cm
|bract shape=linear;narrowly lanceolate
|bract some measurement=8mm;15mm
|bracteole quantity=2
|calyx architecture=eglandular
|calyx coloration=tawny
|calyx duration=persistent
|calyx fusion=adherent
|calyx pubescence=glabrescent;gray-tomentose
|calyx some measurement=2.5mm;4mm
|capsule pubescence=tomentose
|capsule shape=ovoid-ellipsoid
|capsule some measurement=4mm;5mm
|cauline distal and floral bract architecture or fixation=slightly;not clasping
|cauline distal and floral bract size=smaller
|cauline leaf architecture=sessile
|corolla coloration=yellowish;white
|corolla diameter=12mm;20mm
|filament pubescence=villous
|flower arrangement=overlapping
|flower arrangement or density=remote
|gland coloration=pellucid
|gland presence=absent
|hair coloration=yellow;whitish
|inflorescence architecture=branched
|inflorescence shape=loosely conic;broadly cylindric elliptic or ovate
|lobe shape=lanceolate
|margin shape=subentire;crenate-serrate
|pedicel fusion=free
|pedicel some measurement=6mm;11mm
|petiolar region some measurement=10mm;50mm
|rachis architecture=eglandular
|rachis coloration=tawny
|rachis duration=persistent
|rachis fusion=adherent
|rachis pubescence=glabrescent;gray-tomentose
|stem architecture=eglandular
|stem coloration=tawny
|stem pubescence=glabrescent;gray-tomentose
|stem some measurement=50cm;150cm
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|surface coloration=tawny
|surface pubescence=gray-tomentose
|whole-organism duration=biennial
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