Verbascum lychnitis, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 215

82. V. lychnitis L. , Sp. Pl. 177 (1753) .

Sparsely grey-tomentose biennial; stems 50-150 cm. Basal leaves 15-30 x 6-15 cm, ovate to oblanceolate-oblong, coarsely crenate to subentire, cuneate at base, green above, whitish-tomentose beneath; petiole 0-5-5 cm. Inflorescence usually freely branched. Bracts 8- 15 mm, linear to lanceolate; longer pedicels 6-11 mm. Calyx (l- 5-)2-5-4 mm; lobes lanceolate. Corolla 12-20 mm in diameter, yellow or white. Stamens 5; anthers all reniform; filament-hairs yellow or white. Capsule 4-5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid. Europe, southwards from England andfrom c. 56° N. in C. Russia, but rare in the Mediterranean region. Al Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Da Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) [Fe?No Rs (B) Su].