| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum blattaria | Moth Mullein | Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum densiflorum | Denseflower Mullein | Originally a ballast waif, but now established and persistent. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Tyler - CC-BY |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum lychnitis ssp. lychnitis | White Mullein | Disturbed areas, fields. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Moryashkin, Vasily - CC-BY |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum maurum | Established, likely from ballast. | Native of n. Africa. Reported for Hudson County, NJ, likely established from 19th century (or older) ballast (Schmidt 2023). | ![]() (c) Struwe, Lena - CC-BY-SA | |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum nigrum ssp. nigrum | Black Mullein | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Fradera-Soler, Marc - CC-BY |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum phlomoides | Clasping Mullein, Orange Mullein | Disturbed areas, roadsides, longleaf pine sandhills (if left unburned). | 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. | ![]() (c) Bobo-X - CC-BY |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum phoeniceum var. phoeniceum | Purple Mullein | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() (c) Berg, Christian - CC-BY |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum sinuatum var. sinuatum | Wavyleaf Mullein | Disturbed areas; on ballast. | Native of Eurasia. Introduced at scattered locations in MD, PA, NJ, and NY, on ballast and in disturbed areas. | ![]() (c) Cherkasov, Sergey - CC-BY |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus | Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant | Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, sometimes weedy on rock outcrops. | Native of Europe. | ![]() (c) Ogle, Jennifer - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum virgatum | Twiggy Mullein | Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides. | Native of Europe. | ![]() (c) Corder, Brandon |









