View source for Verbascum speciosum subsp. speciosum

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|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Verbascum;Verbascum speciosum;Verbascum speciosum subsp. speciosum
|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 speciosum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subspecies</small>[[Verbascum speciosum subsp. speciosum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
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|treatment_page=page 351
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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 pubescence;stem coloration;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>50–200 cm, closely and persistently tomentose, often yellowish, eglandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface coloration;abaxial epidermis prominence;abaxial epidermis architecture"><b>Leaves:</b> surfaces closely and persistently tomentose, often yellowish, abaxial epidermis obscured, eglandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf position;petiole some measurement">basal and proximal cauline with petiole 15–50 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade atypical length;blade length;blade width;base shape">blade broadly oblanceolate to elliptic-obovate or oblong-lanceolate, (12–) 25–42 × 4–10 cm, base attenuate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="cauline distal and floral bract architecture;cauline distal and floral bract size;base shape;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">cauline auriculate-subclasping, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins entire or minutely serrate-dentate, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts caudate to long-acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence shape;inflorescence shape;flower arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>freely branched, broadly elliptic or ovate panicle, flowers loosely overlapping, in clusters of 5–8;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="rachis pubescence;rachis coloration;rachis architecture">rachis closely and persistently tomentose, often yellowish, densely obscuring abaxial leaf epidermis, eglandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract shape;bract atypical some measurement;bract atypical some measurement;bract some measurement;base shape;apex shape;apex pubescence;apex coloration;apex architecture">bracts broadly ovatelanceolate to lanceolate, (5–) 8–15 (–20) mm, base not decurrent, apex acuminate, closely and persistently tomentose, often yellowish, densely obscuring abaxial leaf epidermis, eglandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pedicel fusion;pedicel atypical some measurement;pedicel some measurement"><b>Pedicels </b>free, (3–) 5–12 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 pubescence;calyx coloration;calyx architecture;lobe shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx 3–5 mm, closely and persistently tomentose, often yellowish, densely obscuring abaxial leaf epidermis, eglandular, lobes narrowly lanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla diameter;gland coloration;gland presence">corolla yellow, 18–30 mm diam., pellucid glands absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament pubescence;hair coloration">filaments villous, hairs whitish to yellowish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma shape;base shape">stigma spatulate, base decurrent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Capsules </b>ovoid-oblong to oblong-ovate, 4–7 mm, tomentose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule some measurement;capsule pubescence;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=100–600 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Ill.;Europe
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>There is a historic record of subsp. speciosum collected at Portland, Oregon, in 1909 (Suksdorf s.n., WS).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Verbascum speciosum subsp. speciosum
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|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=100–600 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Ill.;Europe
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Verbascum
|species=Verbascum speciosum
|subspecies=Verbascum speciosum subsp. speciosum
|2n chromosome quantity=36
|abaxial epidermis architecture=eglandular
|abaxial epidermis prominence=obscured
|apex architecture=eglandular
|apex coloration=yellowish
|apex pubescence=tomentose
|apex shape=acuminate;caudate;long-acuminate
|base shape=decurrent;not decurrent;not decurrent;attenuate
|blade atypical length=12cm;25cm
|blade length=25cm;42cm
|blade shape=broadly oblanceolate;elliptic-obovate or oblong-lanceolate
|blade width=4cm;10cm
|bract atypical some measurement=15mm;20mm
|bract shape=broadly ovatelanceolate;lanceolate
|bract some measurement=8mm;15mm
|bracteole quantity=2
|calyx architecture=eglandular
|calyx coloration=yellowish
|calyx pubescence=tomentose
|calyx some measurement=3mm;5mm
|capsule pubescence=tomentose
|capsule shape=ovoid-oblong;oblong-ovate
|capsule some measurement=4mm;7mm
|cauline distal and floral bract architecture=auriculate-subclasping
|cauline distal and floral bract size=smaller
|corolla coloration=yellow
|corolla diameter=18mm;30mm
|filament pubescence=villous
|flower arrangement=overlapping
|gland coloration=pellucid
|gland presence=absent
|hair coloration=whitish;yellowish
|inflorescence architecture=branched
|inflorescence shape=ovate;elliptic
|leaf position=cauline;proximal;basal
|lobe shape=lanceolate
|margin architecture or shape=serrate-dentate;entire
|pedicel atypical some measurement=3mm;5mm
|pedicel fusion=free
|pedicel some measurement=5mm;12mm
|petiole some measurement=15mm;50mm
|rachis architecture=eglandular
|rachis coloration=yellowish
|rachis pubescence=tomentose
|stem architecture=eglandular
|stem coloration=yellowish
|stem pubescence=tomentose
|stem some measurement=50cm;200cm
|stigma shape=spatulate
|surface coloration=yellowish
|surface pubescence=tomentose
|whole-organism duration=biennial
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