Verbascum phlomoides

Verbascum phlomoides, the orange mullein,[lower-alpha 1] 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

Notes

  1. Sometimes it is called wooly mullein, which more usually refers to Verbascum thapsus, or pale yellow mullein, which more accurately describes it.

References

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