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Scrophulariaceae
Verbascum

not marked as a favorite taxon *Verbascum Linnaeus. Common name: Mullein.

Key to Verbascum

A genus of about 360 species, herbs (annual, biennial, and perennial), of Eurasia and ne. Africa.

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References: Fischer In Kadereit (2004); Nesom (2019c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019); Pennell (1935); Schmidt (2023) In Weakley et al. (2023). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Verbascum© Bruce A. Sorrie | Verbascum phlomoides | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Verbascum© Joey Shaw | Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Verbascum© Richard & Teresa Ware | Verbascum blattaria CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #4 of Verbascum© Gary P. Fleming | Verbascum phlomoides | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Verbascum© Gary P. Fleming | Verbascum phlomoides
image #6 of Verbascum© Sergey Cherkasov, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sergey Cherkasov | Verbascum sinuatum var. sinuatum source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷

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