Verbascum phlomoides
Verbascum phlomoides, the orange mullein, wooly mullein (which often refers to Verbascum thapsus), or pale yellow mullein, is a plant species in the family Scrophulariaceae native to Europe and Asia Minor. It is a widespread weed in North America. The Royal Horticultural Society considered it to be a good plant to attract pollinators.[2] It is used as a respiratory catarrh.[3]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Genus: | Verbascum |
Species: | V. phlomoides |
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References
- Sp. pl. 2:1194. 1753
- "Verbascum phlomoides orange mullein". Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- van Wyk, Ben-Erik; Wink, Michael (31 October 2018). Medicinal Plants of the World. p. 366. ISBN 9781786393258.
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