Verbascum lychnitis

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 177. 1753.

Common names: White mullein
WeedyIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 349. Mentioned on page 345, 346, 347.

Distribution

Introduced; Ont., Colo., Conn., Del., Iowa, Mass., Md., Mich., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Pa., R.I., Va., Vt., W.Va., Europe, Asia

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Verbascum lychnitis is recognized by its bicolored leaves, sessile and non-clasping cauline leaves, freely branched inflorescences with loosely overlapping flower clusters, relatively long pedicels, and relatively small, white corollas. Subspecies moenchii (C. F. Schultz) Holub & F. Mlady was recognized in 1978, referring to a white-flowered variant in central Europe.

Selected References

None.

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Guy L. Nesom +
Linnaeus +
not +, leathery +  and not fleshy +
campanulate +
White mullein +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
yellow +  and orange white purple cream or pink +
cupulate +  and rotate +
Ont. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Iowa +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, Europe +  and Asia +
curved +  and straight +
not +  and abundant +
glabrous +  and villous +
clustered +  and solitary +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid-ovoid broadly ellipsoid ovoid-globular or subglobular +
axillary +, subterminal +  and terminal +
persistent +, semipersistent +  and deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
linear-oblong +  and elliptic or triangular +
lobed +, sinuate +, dentate +, crenate +  and serrate +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
spreading;deflexed +
brown +  and orangish +
rugose +  and pitted +
conic +  and cylindric +
connate +  and distinct +
Weedy +  and Introduced +
subequal +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrescent +, floccose +, tomentose +, hirsute +, puberulent +, glabrate +  and glabrous +
spatulate +  and capitate +
Verbascum lychnitis +
Verbascum +
species +
red-tinged +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +