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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum virgatum   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Verbascum virgatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-002:

Verbascum virgatum   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Verbascum virgatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein


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JK Marlow    jkm170520_953

May    Calhoun County    SC

Leaves may be hairy or may not [vs. leaves of V. blattaria glabrous], per www.CalFlora.net.

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_953b

May    Calhoun County    SC

Cauline leaves are lanceolate, crenate and sessile, per www.CalFlora.net.

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_954

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_954b

May    Calhoun County    SC

If you see multiple flowers [fruit] per node, it is virgatum not blattaria, per www.CalFlora.net.

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_956

May    Calhoun County    SC

Glandular hairs dense on the leaves and on the stems, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_958

May    Calhoun County    SC

Pedicels 1-3mm long, shorter than the calyx [vs. those of V. blattaria longer], per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_960

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_962

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_962b

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

JK Marlow    jkm170520_963

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvvirgatum_moultrie1

May        SC

Lake Moultrie

The fuzzy stamens resemble a moth's antennae, hence one common name, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).

image of Verbascum virgatum, Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvvirgatum_moultrie2

May        SC

Lake Moultrie

Flowers usually 1 per node throughout inflorescence or lowermost nodes w more, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbascum virgatum   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-12-002:
Verbascum virgatum   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2355

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Stem leaves sessile

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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