Verbascum phlomoides L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Scrophulariaceae

• Scientific Name

  Verbascum phlomoides L.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems 5–12+ dm; lvs oblong to lance-ovate or ovate- oblanceolate, toothed, tomentose on both sides but only thinly so above, sessile, not decurrent or only very shortly so; infl simple or sometimes branched, at first dense and spike-like, at full maturity usually elongating and exposing the axis between the fl-clusters; cor 2.5–3.5 cm wide; stigma spatulate, decurrent on the style; otherwise much like no. 5 [Verbascum thapsus L.]; 2n=32, 34. Native of Europe, found here and there in our range as a weed.

• Common Names

  clasping mullein