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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbascum blattaria
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
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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).
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
1594
Forb
Perennial/Biennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p206
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p076
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p086
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p334
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p247
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p291
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p152
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