Verbascum phlomoides

Verbascum phlomoides
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Verbascum
Species:	V. phlomoides
Binomial name
	Verbascum phlomoides; L.
Synonyms
	List Flomosia condensata (Schrad.) Raf. ; Flomosia nemarosa (Schrad.) Raf. ; Flomosia phlomoides (L.) Raf. ; Thapsus phlomoides (L.) Opiz ; Verbascum argyrostachyon Ten. ; Verbascum australe Schrad. ; Verbascum avarorum Domin ; Verbascum belasitzae Stoj. & Stef. ; Verbascum boerhavii Frivald. ; Verbascum boerhavii Frivald. ex Nym. ; Verbascum bohemicum Borb. ; Verbascum calvescens Schur ; Verbascum condensatum Schrad. ; Verbascum crenatifolium Solacolu, 1926 ; Verbascum foemina Garsault ; Verbascum formanekii Formanek ; Verbascum grandiflorum Mill. ; Verbascum italicum Moric. ; Verbascum jernacha Hochst. ; Verbascum jernacha Hochst. ex Benth. ; Verbascum macranthum Hoffmgg. & Link ; Verbascum montanum Griseb. ; Verbascum nemorosum Schrad. ; Verbascum phlomoides subsp. australe (Schrad.) Nyman, 1881 ; Verbascum phlomoides subsp. australe Bonnier & Layens, 1894 ; Verbascum phlomoides var. avarorum Domin ; Verbascum phlomoides var. condensatum (Schrad.) Rouy, 1909 ; Verbascum phlomoides var. macranthum ; Verbascum phlomoides var. semidecurrens Mert. & W.D.J.Koch, 1831 ; Verbascum pulverulentum Spreng. ; Verbascum pumilum Stoj. & Stef. ; Verbascum rolletianum hort. ; Verbascum rolletianum hort. ex Roem. & Schult. ; Verbascum rugulosum Willd. ; Verbascum sartori Hausskn., 1897 ; Verbascum saxatile Salisb. ; Verbascum semidecurrens Kit. ; Verbascum semidecurrens Kit. ex Nym. ; Verbascum slavonicum Kit. ; Verbascum slavonicum Kitt., 1828 ; Verbascum ternacha Hochst. ; Verbascum thapsiforme subsp. phlomoides (L.) Corb., 1894 ; Verbascum thapsoides Vill. ; Verbascum tomentosum Lam. ; Verbascum viminale Guss. ;

Verbascum phlomoides, the orange mullein, woolly mullein^[2] (which often refers to Verbascum thapsus), or clasping-leaf mullein^[3]^[a], is a plant species in the family Scrophulariaceae native to Europe and Asia Minor. It is a widespread weed in North America. The Royal Horticultural Society considered it to be a good plant to attract pollinators.^[2] It is used as a respiratory catarrh and diuretic.^[4]

References

^ Sp. pl. 2:1194. 1753
^ ^a ^b "Verbascum phlomoides". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index. Lulu.com. p. 435. ISBN 978-1609620608. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Wink, Michael (31 October 2018). Medicinal Plants of the World. p. 366. ISBN 9781786393258.

Footnotes

^ The book reference by Elaine Nowick uses the word "mullen" instead of "mullein" twice in the common name. This is likely not a typo but an outdated use.

[1] Sp. pl. 2:1194. 1753

[RHS-2] "Verbascum phlomoides". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[histo-3] Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants, with Scientific Names Index: Volume II: Scientific Names Index. Lulu.com. p. 435. ISBN 978-1609620608. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[5] van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Wink, Michael (31 October 2018). Medicinal Plants of the World. p. 366. ISBN 9781786393258.

[4] The book reference by Elaine Nowick uses the word "mullen" instead of "mullein" twice in the common name. This is likely not a typo but an outdated use.

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