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Verbascum lychnitis
Sp. Pl. 1: 177. 1753.
Common names: White mullein
WeedyIntroduced
Distribution
Introduced; Ont., Colo., Conn., Del., Iowa, Mass., Md., Mich., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Pa., R.I., Va., Vt., W.Va., Europe, Asia.
Discussion
Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).
Verbascum lychnitis is recognized by its bicolored leaves, sessile and non-clasping cauline leaves, freely branched inflorescences with loosely overlapping flower clusters, relatively long pedicels, and relatively small, white corollas. Subspecies moenchii (C. F. Schultz) Holub & F. Mlady was recognized in 1978, referring to a white-flowered variant in central Europe.
Selected References
None.