Verbascum decorum, Velen.

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70. V. decorum Velen. , Sitz.-Ber. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. (Math.- Nat. Kl.) 1890(1): 56 (1890).

More or less densely white-floccose biennial; stems 50-120 cm. Basal leaves 7-15 x 3-8 cm, ovate to obovate-oblong, crenate, often slightly lobed at the cuneate base; petiole 2-6 cm, winged. Cauline leaves numerous, the upper shortly decurrent. Inflorescence sparingly branched, rather lax. Bracts (4—)8—11(—15) mm, lanceolate to linearlanceolate; longer pedicels up to 5 mm, but flowers sometimes subsessile. Calyx 2 4 mm; lobes oblong to linear-lanceolate. Corolla 20-30 mm in diameter. Stamens 5; anthers all reniform; connectives of two lower stamens smooth; filament-hairs pale yellow. Capsule 5-8 mm, pyramidal-ovoid. Crevices o f limestone rocks. • Mountains o f S. Bulgaria (C. Rodopi). Bu.