Verbascum phlomoides

Verbascum phlomoides, the orange mullein, wooly mullein (which often refers to Verbascum thapsus), or pale yellow mullein, 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.[3]

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
Synonyms

References

  1. Sp. pl. 2:1194. 1753
  2. "Verbascum phlomoides orange mullein". Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Wink, Michael (31 October 2018). Medicinal Plants of the World. p. 366. ISBN 9781786393258.
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