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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)

Verbascum blattaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-001:

Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Verbascum blattaria

 

COMMON NAME:
Moth Mullein


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vebl_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_333

        

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Gill Newberry    gn05_verbascum_blattaria

May        

Stem simple, rarely with secondary branches, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm130513_947

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130513_949

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130513_951

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130513_954

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130513_954b

May    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_257

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_259

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Cauline leaves glabrous, crenulate to dentate-serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_269

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm140601_273

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm180601_2627b

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Flowers yellow or white; the 5 fertile stamens w woolly purple filaments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm180601_2632

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

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JK Marlow    jkm180601_2635

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

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JK Marlow    jkm180601_2640b

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Hairs of the calyx & upper stem simple & glandular; pedicels longer than calyx, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm100707_002

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruit are dry, spherical capsules covered with glandular hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm180716_3423

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm180716_3426

July    Greenville County    SC

The terminal raceme is long and loose with a single flower at each node, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Clasping Mullein, Moth Mullein, Wand Mullein, and Woolly Mullein

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Dan Whitten    sdw_mothmullein

July    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm100809_410b

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Seeds numerous, capsules septicidal [splitting open along chamber divisions], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm110821_287

August    Pickens County    SC

Hagood Mill

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Verbascum blattaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-001:
Verbascum blattaria   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbascum blattaria

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1594

Forb
Perennial/Biennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Stem leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow/White
Weakly bilaterally symmetrical
5 sepals
5-parted 2-lipped rotate corolla
5 fertile exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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