*Verbascum phlomoides Linnaeus. Common name: Clasping Mullein, Orange Mullein. Phenology: May-Aug; Jul-Sep. Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills (if left unburned). Distribution: Native of Europe. In 2021, this species is spreading rapidly in the Fall-line Sandhills region of NC and becoming invasive, encroaching into natural habitats.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Taxonomy Comments: Hybridizing with Verbascum thapsus when they co-occur, forming Verbascum ×kerneri Borbás.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA17, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Va, W, WV, Pennell (1935); = n/a — Tat. Basionym: Verbascum phlomoides L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Verbascum phlomoides - FNA17
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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