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 virgatum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. blattaria L., 1753, whose flowers are borne on pedicels longer than the calyx, while those of V. virgatum are born on pedicels shorter than the calyx.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• V. virgatum subsp. dertosense Benedí & Rovira, 1987;
• V. virgatum subsp. virgatum Stokes, 1787, P.

Hybridizes with:

• V. densiflorum Bertol., 1810 to produce V. × martini Franch., 1868, P;
• V. thapsus L., 1753 to produce V. × lemaitrei Boreau, 1868, P.

Photographs

Sources

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