Interesting Facts
- This plant has very fuzzy leaves, which is a form of sunscreen.
- It has been called "Quaker Rouge" due to the fact that the young Quaker girls could not wear make-up; they would make their cheeks rosy by rubbing them (and irritating their skin ) with the fuzzy mullein leaves!
- The seeds can stay dormant in the soil for many decades.
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Aaron´s-Rod, Aaron's-Rod, Aarons Rod, Adams Flannel, Big Taper, Common Mullein, Common Mullen, Fairy Tale Plant, Feltwort, Flannel Mullein, Flannel Plant, Flannel-Leaf, Flannelleaf, Flannelplant, Great Mullein, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Dock, Velvet Mullen, Velvet Plant, Velvet-Dock, Velvet-Plant, Velvetplant, Woolly Mullein
Common Names in French:
Bouillon Blanc, Molène, Molène, Molène
Common Names in Portuguese:
Barbasco, Verbasco
Common Names in Romanian:
Corovatic
Common Names in Spanish:
Gordoloba, Gordolobo Común, Gordolobo Comun, Guardalobo
Common Names in Swedish:
ölandskungsljus
Description
Genus Verbascum
Herbs, annual
, biennial, or perennial
. Leaves usually simple
, alternate, basally rosulate. Inflorescences terminal
, spicate
, racemose, or paniculate
. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla usually yellow, rarely purple or white; tube
short; limb rotate; lobes
5, subequal
, radiate
. Stamens 4 or 5; filaments
usually woolly
; anthers
1-loculed, confluent
, anterior anthers linear-oblong or reniform
, posterior anthers reniform or transverse
. Ovary 2-loculed. Capsule septicidal
. Seeds numerous
, conically cylindric
, 6-8-ribbed.
About 300 species: Asia, Europe; six species in China."Verbascum". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 4. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 4-6' tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,271 meters (0 to 17,293 feet).Mean = 146.350 meters (480.151 feet), Standard Deviation = 221.980 based on 12,678 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Biennial
Growth
Culture: Space 36-48" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 9.0
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Flowering Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Scrophulariales
()
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
()
- Tribe:
Scrophularieae
()
- Genus:
Verbascum
()
- Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 177. 1753.
- Mullein
- Specific epithet:
thapsus
- L.
- Botanical name: - Verbascum thapsus L.
- Specific epithet:
thapsus
- L.
- Genus:
Verbascum
(
- Tribe:
Scrophularieae
(
- Subfamily:
Scrophularioideae
(
- Family:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Order:
Scrophulariales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000.
Place of publication
: Sp.
pl. 1:177. 1753
Name verified on 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Dec-2001.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Verbascum
There are approximately 1128 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
V. 'Anglesey Sunshine' · V. 'Annie May' · V. 'Apricot Sunset' · V. 'Arctic Summer' · V. 'Aurora' · V. 'Aztec Gold' · V. 'Banana Custard' (Banana Custard Mullein) · V. 'Bill Bishop' · V. 'Blushing Bride' · V. 'Bold Queen' (Mullein) · V. 'Brookside' · V. 'Broussa' · V. 'Buttercup' · V. 'Butterscotch' · V. 'Caribbean Crush' (Caribbean Crush Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Catherine' · V. 'Charles Harper' · V. 'Charlotte' · V. 'Cherokee' · V. 'Cherry Helen' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Chilcombe' · V. 'Claire' · V. 'Clementine' · V. 'Cotswold Beauty' (Mullien) · V. 'Cotswold Cream' (Mullien) · V. 'Cotswold King' (Mullien) · V. 'Cotswold Queen' (Mullien) · V. 'Daisy Alice' · V. 'Dark Eyes' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Dark Lady' · V. 'Dark Secret' · V. 'Dijon' · V. 'Dusky Maiden' · V. 'Ebenezer Howard' · V. 'Eleanor's Blush' · V. 'Elektra' · V. 'Ellenbank Jewel' · V. 'Ellenbank Rose' · V. 'Flower of Scotland' · V. 'Fothergills Mixed' · V. 'Foxy' · V. 'Frosted Gold' · V. 'Gainsborough' (Mullien) · V. 'Gold Nugget' · V. 'Golden Bush' · V. 'Golden Wings' · V. 'Helen Johnson' (Helen Johnson Mullein) · V. 'Hiawatha' · V. 'High Noon' · V. 'Hot Gossip' · V. 'Hyde Hall Sunrise' · V. 'Innocence' · V. 'Jackie in Pink' (Jackie in Pink Mullein) · V. 'Jackie In Spots' · V. 'Jackie in Yellow' · V. 'Jackie' (Jackie Mullein) · V. 'Jolly Eyes' · V. 'June Johnson' · V. 'Kalypso' · V. 'Klondike' · V. 'Kynaston' · V. 'Lavender Lass' (Mullein) · V. 'Lemon Queen' · V. 'Letitia' (Letitia Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Megan's Mauve' · V. 'Merlin' · V. 'Monster' · V. 'Moonshadow' · V. 'Mystery Blonde' · V. 'Nimrod' · V. 'Norfolk Dawn' · V. 'Pandora' · V. 'Patricia' · V. 'Petra' · V. 'Phoenix' · V. 'Pink Domino' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Pink Glow' · V. 'Pink Ice' · V. 'Pink Kisses' · V.'Pink Petticoat' · V. 'Pink Petticoats' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Plum Pudding' · V. 'Plum Smokey' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Primrose Cottage' · V. 'Primrose Path' · V. 'Primrose Skies' · V. 'Purple Prince' · V. 'Raspberry Ripple' (Mullein) · V. 'Raspberry Sorbet' · V. 'Rosie' · V. 'Royalty' (Mullein) · V. 'Saffron Towers' (Mullein) · V. 'Sierra Sunset' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Silberkandelaber' · V. 'Snow Maiden' (Mullien) · V. 'Sorcery' · V. 'Southern Charm' (Mullein) · V. 'Spica' (Mullein) · V. 'Sugar Plum' (Ornamental Mullein) · V. 'Summer Sorbet' (Ornamental Mullein)
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- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
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Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University, Museum of Natural History, Wroclaw University, Flora of the Stołowe Mts.
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, Herbarium GJO
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Botany registration database by Danish botanists
- The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Bioblitz
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
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- , Lund Botanical Museum
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Plants
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- UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
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- Utah Valley State College
- , Utah Valley State College Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2655806
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-33394
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13747436
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:770183-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 41150
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 33394
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: VETH
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 62143
