Verbascum thapsus

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Species Distribution Map
Family:SCROPHULARIACEAE
Species:Verbascum thapsus L.
Common Name:Woolly Mullein; Common Mullein; Flannel Plant
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Biennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VETH
Plant Notes:Woolly Mullein is an introduced herbaceous annual or biennial in the Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). It is native to Asia, Europe, and northern Africa. Moth Mullen can be found throughout Alabama on roadsides, along railroads, in pastures, in prairies, and in urban lots. It is an annual or biennial from a stout taproot. Stems are erect, 2-6 feet in height, and densely and persistently tomentose. The leaves are petiolate, basal and cauline (cauline reduced in size upwards), obovate to elliptic in outline, and persistently tomentose. The margins are crenate to entire. Flowers are produced in a thick, terminal, tomentose, unbranched inflorescence. Individual flowers have 5 green, tomentose sepals. The corolla is rotate with 5 yellow lobes. The fruit is a capsule. The leaves of Woolly Mullein have been used as toilet paper, baby diapers, and to stuff shoes that have developed holes. In traditional medicine the leaves were smoked to treat lung ailments such as asthma and emphysema. During the Civil War the leaves were soaked in vinegar and used as bandages. Woolly Mullein is easily grown from seed. It makes an interesting foliage plant with its large pubescent gray leaves. It requires full sun and thrives in poor, dry soils.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilySCROPHULARIACEAE - Figwort family
Genus Verbascum
Species Verbascum thapsus L. - Woolly Mullein; Common Mullein; Flannel Plant

Citation

Citation Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 177. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 242.1). Lectotypified by L. H. Cramer, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 389. 1981.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Verbascum alatum Verbascum alatum Lamarck, Fl. Franc. 2: 259. 1779 ("1778"), nom. illegit.Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus 1753.  
Verbascum angustius Verbascum angustius Schrank, Neues Bot. Taschenb. Anfaenger. Wiss. Apothekerkunst 1809: 90. 1809.  
Verbascum canescens Verbascum canescens Jordan ex Boreau, Fl. Centre France, ed. 3. 2: 470. 1857. FRANCE
Verbascum collinum Verbascum collinum Schrader, Monogr. Verbasci 1: 35. 1813, non Salisbury 1796. GERMANY
Verbascum cuspidatum Verbascum cuspidatum Schrader, Monogr. Verbasci 1: 23. 1813. AUSTRIA
Verbascum decurrens Verbascum decurrens Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 378. 1812, nom. illegit.Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus 1753.  
Verbascum elongatum Verbascum elongatum Willdenow, Enum. Pl. 223. 1809, non Moench 1794.  
Verbascum indicum Verbascum indicum Wallich, in Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 236. 1820. NEPAL
Verbascum linnaei Verbascum linnaei Opiz ex Berchtold & Opiz, Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Boehm. 3: 366, 371. 1841, nom. illegit.Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus 1753. 
Verbascum neglectum Verbascum neglectum Gussone, Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl. 59. 1832-1833. ITALY
Verbascum officinarum Verbascum officinarum Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 323. 1766.  
Verbascum pallidum Verbascum pallidum Nees von Esenbeck, Flora 2: 296. 1819.  
Verbascum plantagineum Verbascum plantagineum Moris, Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 33. 1827.  
Verbascum schraderi Verbascum schraderi G. Meyer, Chloris Han. 325. 1836.  
Verbascum seminigrum Verbascum seminigrum Fries, Novit. Fl. Suec. 68. 1819. SWEDEN
Verbascum simplex Verbascum simplex Hoffmannsegg & Link, Fl. Portug. 1: 216. 1811. PORTUGAL
Verbascum spectabile Verbascum spectabile Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 104. 1796, nom. illegit.Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Macon, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000040696 Montgomery 24 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25364		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
JSU134145 Randolph 14 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2613		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
SAMF0004765 Jefferson 22 Jun 1948 McCullough, Herbert A.
48-51		 SAMF
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
ALNHS00001689 Dallas 21 Jul 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-443		 ALNHS
Verbascum thapsus L.
UWAL0017066 Greene 20 Jun 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8493		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus L.
TROY000028216 Lawrence 20 Jun 2006 England, J. Kevin
649		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
JSU134068 Calhoun 4 Apr 1984 Beavers, Donna D.
s.n.		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000009192 Coffee 24 Jun 1999 Martin, Brian H.
69		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_7661 Sumter 3 Jul 1960 JONES, JR., SAMUEL B.
165		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134146 Shelby 22 Jul 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11599		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_61497 Barbour 7 Jun 2002 GIL, GLENDA
2001-198		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134072 Cleburne 30 Jun 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
247		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
SAMF0004768 Jefferson 25 Jun 2006 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3486		 SAMF
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_49108 Pike 24 Jun 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
5071		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
AUA_ACC_55418 Crenshaw 31 Jul 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
9764		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
UNA00042545 Marshall 07 Jul 1956 Thomas, Joab L.
44		 UNA
Verbascum thapsus L.
JSU134078 Limestone 27 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
17894		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA000044616 Chambers 7 Oct 2016 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
6180		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134073 Cleburne 9 May 1973 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1241		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_44199 Conecuh 28 Jun 1985 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
1008		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
UWAL0019502 Lauderdale 09 Jul 2015 England, J. Kevin
5522		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus ssp. thapsus
ALNHS00006438 DeKalb 29 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3348		 ALNHS
Verbascum thapsus L.
ALNHS00000850 Monroe 06 Jul 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-286		 ALNHS
Verbascum thapsus L.
JSU134144 Randolph 14 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2613		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UWAL0014448 Colbert 26 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
5025		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48192 Elmore 30 Sep 1980 BOZEMAN, L.L.
039		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
UWAL0046061 Autauga 14 Dec 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1478		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000023943 Randolph 17 Aug 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4184		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
JSU134142 Marshall 9 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
851		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UWAL0034979 Morgan 19 Jun 2017 England, J. Kevin
8027		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus ssp. thapsus
AUA_ACC_34824 Bibb 9 Jun 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1533		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
UWAL0057398 Bibb 02 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11568		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus L.
AUA_ACC_12944 Chambers 22 May 1967 GOLDEN, MICHAEL
179		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134143 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
647		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
SAMF0003176 Bibb 10 Jun 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5896		 SAMF
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000047731 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1196		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000009196 Pike 29 Apr 1993 Collins, Amanda C.
5		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17211 Geneva 25 Jul 1969 SIMONDS, E.P.
081		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134077 Jefferson 13 Jul 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
795		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_30979 Macon 20 Jun 1973 OWEN, J.T.
001B		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134075 Jackson 5 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5887		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_65236 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15599		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
USAM000014597 Mobile 02 Jun 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5122		 USAM
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000048125 Autauga 14 Dec 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1478		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UWAL0016363 Montgomery 24 Jul 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25364		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_47339 Chambers 15 Jul 1983 HAYES, SHERRAD
79		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
UNA00042538 Mobile 26 Jun 1964 Deramus, Rebecca
D141		 UNA
Verbascum thapsus L.
JSU134074 Jackson 20 Jun 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
827		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_60969 Lee 18 Jul 1968 BURNETT, JR., WILLIAM C.
 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134071 Clay 2 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
442		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17213 Lee 29 Jul 1969 ELLIS, H.C.
113		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134079 Marshall 9 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
851		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
JSU134069 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Ellard, Jerry
s.n.		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000024112 Wilcox 26 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20357		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA000030358 Escambia 23 Mar 2011 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
4975		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134070 Clarke 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18771		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UWAL0049163 Bullock 31 Jul 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3469		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus ssp. thapsus
AUA_ACC_20364 Russell 29 Jul 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
417		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
AUA_ACC_42722 Limestone 3 Jul 1972 LUCKETT, LARRY
056		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
TROY000036078 Bullock 19 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
890		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UNA00042535 Pickens 04 Jul 1986 Horn, Charles N.
1131		 UNA
Verbascum thapsus L.
SAMF0004766 Jefferson 18 May 1953 Kennedy, C.
s.n.		 SAMF
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000009194 Escambia 28 May 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
294		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22353 Macon 10 Jul 1970 HOPSON, GEORGE R.
.0055		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134141 Shelby 20 Jul 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_51142 Covington 13 Dec 1989 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
6624		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
UWAL0043862 Baldwin 31 Jul 2002 Larsen, Harry S.
1103		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus L.
AUA_ACC_35085 Jefferson 28 Jul 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1764		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
TROY000009193 Dale 03 Jul 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
875		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UNA00054619 Blount 16 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1017		 UNA
Verbascum thapsus L.
AUA_ACC_47167 Jackson 23 Jul 1983 DODD, J.K.
81		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134076 Jefferson 13 Jul 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
795		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_73114 Lauderdale 9 Jul 2015 ENGLAND, J. KEVIN
5522		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU140351 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_62992 Cleburne 19 Jun 1957 ADAMS, W.H.
 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
SAMF0004767 St. Clair 20 Sep 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4894		 SAMF
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000023942 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15599		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
TROY000009191 Butler 06 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18044		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
JSU134067 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA000038270 Morgan 19 Jun 2017 ENGLAND, J. KEVIN
8027		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
AUA_ACC_17212 Winston 5 Jul 1969 THORNHILL, RANDY
079		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
TROY000033413 Barbour 20 Aug 2011 Dykes, Bailee
35		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UWAL0014793 Bullock 19 Jun 2012 Dykes, Bailee
890		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
UNA00045971 Barbour 26 May 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11277		 UNA
Verbascum thapsus L.
UWAL0004166 Lawrence 20 Jun 2006 England, J. Kevin
649		 UWAL
Verbascum thapsus L.
TROY000009195 Pike 02 Jul 1997 Holmes, Jeanese
270		 TROY
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_26838 Tallapoosa 12 Aug 1974 HUTTO, T.A.
477		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
JSU134080 Shelby 20 Jul 1993 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Verbascum thapsus Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_61496 Barbour 7 Jun 2002 GIL, GLENDA
2001-198		 AUA
VERBASCUM THAPSUS L.
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