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Verbascum blattaria L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Moth Mullein
  • 🇫🇷 Molène blattaire, Herbe-aux-mites, Bouillon-mitier

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Clade: Lamiids
  • Order: Lamiales
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae
  • Tribe: Scrophularieae
  • Genus: Verbascum
  • Species: Verbascum blattaria

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Hybridizes with:

  • V. densiflorum Bertol., 1810 to produce V. × bastardii Roem. & Schult., 1819, P (het. syn. V. × ramosissimum (Bastard) DC., 1815);
  • V. lychnitis L., 1753 to produce V. × pseudoblattaria (Gaudin) Schleich. ex W.D.J.Koch, 1844, P;
  • V. nigrum L., 1753 to produce V. × intermedium Rupr. ex Pfund, 1840, P;
  • V. phlomoides L., 1753 to produce V. × flagriforme Pfund, 1840, P;
  • V. pulverulentum Vill., 1779 to produce V. × macilentum Franch., 1868, P;
  • V. sinuatum L., 1753 to produce V. × geminatum Freyn, 1876, P;
  • V. thapsus L., 1753 to produce V. × pterocaulon Nyman., 1881, P.

Photographs

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Verbascum blattaria
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Verbascum blattaria
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Verbascum blattaria
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Verbascum blattaria - Leaves
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Verbascum blattaria - Leaves
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Verbascum blattaria - Fruit

Sources

  • Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1055). Biotope.