familyScrophulariaceae
genusVerbascum
speciesVerbascum blattaria

Verbascum blattaria

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 178. 1753.

Guy L. Nesom
Common names: Moth mullein molène blattaire
WeedyIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 346. Mentioned on page 345, 347.

Annuals or biennials. Stems 60–150 cm, glabrous or glabrate. Leaves: surfaces glabrous or glabrate; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 1–2 mm; blade obovate to oblanceolate, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 4–12 (–20) × 1.5–5 cm, base subrounded to broadly cuneate; cauline subclasping, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins coarsely and regularly crenate-dentate to dentate or pinnately dentate-lobed, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts acute. Inflorescences unbranched, rarely branched from proximal nodes, narrowly cylindric, flowers remote, solitary in axils at least distally; rachis stipitate-glandular, without other vestiture; bracts ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 7–10 (–15) mm, base decurrent, apex acute to short-acuminate, stipitate-glandular. Pedicels free or adnate to rachis at base, 5–11 (–15) mm; bracteoles 0. Flowers: calyx 5–7 mm, stipitate-glandular, lobes linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong; corolla purple in bud, becoming yellow, yellow-orange, yellow with purple center, white, cream with red-tinged tips, or pink, 25–35 mm diam., pellucid glands absent or relatively few; proximal filaments hairy, hairs purple, distal pair villous, hairs white and purple or violet; stigma spatulate, base decurrent. Capsules subglobular, 5–8 mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular apically. 2n = 18, 30, 32.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul(–Oct).
Habitat: Stream banks, lake edges, ditches, dry hills, railroad rights-of-way, orchards, prairies, open oak woods, rocky meadows, roadsides, fields, disturbed sites.
Elevation: 0–1300 m.

Distribution

Introduced; B.C., N.B., Ont., Que., Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Europe, Asia, also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii), also in Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Discussion

Verbascum ×pterocaulon Franchet is a hybrid between V. blattaria and V. thapsus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
32 +, 30 +  and 18 +
Abaxial lobe quantity
3 +
Adaxial lobe quantity
2 +
Androecium position
hypogynous +
Apex pubescence
stipitate-glandular +
Apex shape
acute +  and short-acuminate +
Author
Guy L. Nesom +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Base shape
decurrent +, not decurrent +, subrounded +  and broadly cuneate +
Blade atypical length
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Blade length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Blade shape
obovate;oblanceolate oblong or oblong-lanceolate +
Blade texture
not +, leathery +  and not fleshy +
Blade width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Bract atypical some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract shape
ovate +  and lanceolate-ovate +
Bract some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bracteole presence
absent +
Calyx architecture or shape
symmetric +
Calyx pubescence
stipitate-glandular +
Calyx shape
campanulate +
Calyx some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Capsule pubescence
stipitate-glandular +
Capsule shape
subglobular +
Capsule some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Cauline and distal floral bract architecture
subclasping +
Cauline and distal floral bract size
smaller +
Center coloration or density
purple +
Common name
Moth mullein +  and molène blattaire +
Corolla architecture
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
Corolla architecture or shape
symmetric +
Corolla coloration
pink +, cream +, white +, yellow +  and yellow-orange +
Corolla coloration or density
purple +
Corolla diameter
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +  and 3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (?) +
Corolla shape
cupulate +  and rotate +
Distal filament pubescence
villous +
Distribution
B.C. +, N.B. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Europe +, Asia +, also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, also in Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +  and Australia +
Elevation
0–1300 m. +
Embryo course
curved +  and straight +
Endosperm quantity
not +  and abundant +
Filament position
anterior +
Filament pubescence
glabrous +  and villous +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement
clustered +  and solitary +
Flower arrangement or density
remote +
Flower quantity
1 +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruits capsule condition or texture
dry +
Fruits capsule dehiscence
septicidal +
Fruits capsule shape
ovoid +  and ellipsoid-ovoid broadly ellipsoid ovoid-globular or subglobular +
Fruits capsule texture
fleshy +
Gland coloration
pellucid +
Gland presence
absent +
Gland quantity
few +
Habitat
Stream banks, lake edges, ditches, dry hills, railroad rights-of-way, orchards, prairies, open oak woods, rocky meadows, roadsides, fields, disturbed sites. +
Hair coloration
white and purple or violet +
Hair coloration or density
purple +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Linny Heagy +
Inflorescence architecture
branched +  and unbranched +
Inflorescence position
axillary +, subterminal +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
cylindric +
Introduced
true +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
persistent +, semipersistent +  and deciduous +
Leaf position
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
Lobe shape
linear-lanceolate +  and narrowly oblong +
Margin architecture or shape
crenate-dentate +
Margin shape
dentate-lobed +  and dentate +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Pedicel fusion
adnate +  and free +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
Perianth position
hypogynous +
Petal fusion
connate +
Petal orientation
spreading;deflexed +
Petal quantity
5 +
Petiole presence
absent +
Petiole some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering May–Jul(–Oct). +
Pistil architecture
2-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Proximal filament pubescence
hairy +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Rachis pubescence
stipitate-glandular +
Reference
None +
Seed coloration
brown +  and orangish +
Seed presence
absent +
Seed quantity
50;300 +
Seed relief
rugose +  and pitted +
Seed shape
conic +  and cylindric +
Sepal fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Sepal position
middle +
Sepal position relational
past +
Sepal quantity
5 +
Source xml
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Special status
Weedy +  and Introduced +
Spike arrangement
fascicles +
Stamen architecture
didynamous +
Stamen atypical quantity
4 (?) +
Stamen fusion
adnate +
Stamen length or size
longer +
Stamen position
anterior +
Stamen quantity
5 +
Stamen size
subequal +
Stamen variability
equal +
Staminode atypical quantity
1 (?) +
Staminode presence
absent +
Staminode quantity
1 +
Stem architecture
eglandular +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
glabrate +  and glabrous +
Stem some measurement
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma shape
spatulate +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stolon presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Surface pubescence
glabrate +  and glabrous +
Taxon family
Scrophulariaceae +
Taxon name
Verbascum blattaria +
Taxon parent
Verbascum +
Taxon rank
species +
Tip coloration
red-tinged +
Volume
Volume 17 +
Whole-organism duration
biennial +  and annual +
Whole organism duration
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism nutrition
autotrophic +
Whole organism texture
not fleshy +
Wing architecture or shape
ribbed +
X chromosome quantity
6 +