Verbascum nigrum

Verbascum nigrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Verbascum
Species:	V. nigrum
Binomial name
	Verbascum nigrum; L.

Verbascum nigrum the black mullein^[1] or dark mullein, is a species of biennial or short-lived perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Verbascum (mullein), native to dry open sites in Europe and the Mediterranean region. It grows to 0.5–1.5 m (1.6–4.9 ft).

Fossil record

A tentative seed identification of V. nigrum has been made from substage II of the Hoxnian interglacial at Clacton in Essex.^[2]

References

↑ "Verbascum nigrum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
↑ The History of the British Flora, A Factual Basis for Phytogeography by Sir Harry Godwin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 20254 X, 1975 edition page 318

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[1] "Verbascum nigrum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

[2] The History of the British Flora, A Factual Basis for Phytogeography by Sir Harry Godwin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN 0 521 20254 X, 1975 edition page 318