Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum blattaria | Moth Mullein | Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() |
Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum densiflorum | Denseflower Mullein | Originally a ballast waif, but now established and persistent. | Native of Eurasia. | |
Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum lychnitis ssp. lychnitis | White Mullein | Disturbed areas, fields. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() |
Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum nigrum ssp. nigrum | Black Mullein | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() |
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. | ![]() |
Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum phoeniceum var. phoeniceum | Purple Mullein | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() |
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. | ![]() |
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. | ![]() |
Scrophulariaceae | Verbascum virgatum | Twiggy Mullein | Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides. | Native of Europe. | ![]() |
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