Verbascum gnaphalodes, Bieb.

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 : 214

73. V. gnaphalodes Bieb. , FI. Taur.-Cauc. 3: 152 (1819).

Densely white-floccose biennial, the older parts more or less glabrescent; stems 100-150 cm. Basal leaves 15-50 x 6-15 cm, elliptic- to obovate-oblong, obscurely crenate, greyish-green above, white-tomentose beneath; petiole 5-10 cm. Inflorescence simple, dense, stout. Bracts 6-10 mm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate-cuspidate; longer pedicels 5-10(-12) mm. Calyx 4-7 mm; lobes narrowly oblong-lanceolate. Corolla 15-30 mm in diameter. Stamens 5; anthers all reniform; filament-hairs white. Capsule 5-6 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid. Krym. Rs(K). (Caucasian region.)