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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum thapsus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-003:

Verbascum thapsus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Verbascum thapsus

 

COMMON NAME:
Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_veth_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_335

        

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Gill Newberry    gn04_v_thapsis_plant

April        

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JK Marlow    jkm0404g_37

April    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

Leaves densely woolly hairy, in a basal rosette & alternate spiral on stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm150607_260

June    McDowell County?    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Basal & lower stem leaves with blades basally attenuate (vs. V. phlomoides distinctly petiolate), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Gill Newberry    gn07_v_thapsis_flowers

July        

Inflorescence dense and spike-like (at least initially), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Gill Newberry    gn07_v_thapsus_habitat

July        

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JK Marlow    jkm0507e_01

July    Fayette County    WV

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm220722_9281

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Middle to upper stem leaves sessile, decurrent down the stem to the next leaf, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_verbascum_thapsus_10

July        

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmverbascum_thapsus

July?        

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JK Marlow    jkm230808_4812

August    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Corolla yellow and 5-lobed, 15-25mm wide, within woolly 5-lobed sepals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).


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JK Marlow    jkm230808_4815

August    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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Keith Bradley    kab_v_thapsus_2392

August    Madison County    VA

Shenandoah National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm210914_3682

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210914_3710

September    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm111106_266

November    Jackson County    NC

Roadside

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum thapsus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-003:
Verbascum thapsus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Verbascum thapsus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1595

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, sometimes weedy on rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Stem leaves sessile

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

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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