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|accepted_name=Verbascum virgatum
|accepted_authority=Stokes in W. Withering
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed.
|place=2, 1: 227. 1787
|year=1787
}}
|common_names=Wand mullein;molène en baguette
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Verbascum;Verbascum virgatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Scrophulariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Verbascum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Verbascum virgatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 344, 345
|treatment_page=page 347
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Biennials.</b> Stems 50–100 cm, densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous. <b>Leaves</b>: surfaces densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 1–2 mm; blade elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 8–20(–30) × 2.5–8(–15) cm, base subrounded to broadly cuneate; cauline not clasping, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins coarsely crenate to crenulate, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts acute to obtuse. <b>Inflorescences</b> unbranched, narrowly cylindric, flowers remote, solitary in axils at least distally, sometimes 1(–5) at proximal nodes; rachis densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous with simple hairs; bracts linear-lanceolate, 8–20 mm, base not decurrent, apex long-acuminate, densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous with simple hairs. <b>Pedicels</b> free, (0–)1–3 mm; bracteoles 2. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 4–9 mm, densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely hirsute-villous with simple hairs, lobes ovate-lanceolate to triangular or narrowly lanceolate; corolla yellow, (25–)30–40 mm diam., pellucid glands absent or relatively few; proximal filaments glabrous at least distally, distal pair villous, hairs purplish to violet or whitish; stigma capitate. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid-globular to subglobular, 6–10 mm, stipitate-glandular.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun(–Oct).
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=10–2000 m.
|distribution=B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Utah;Europe;Asia;introduced also in Mexico (Coahuila);South America (Argentina;Chile);s Asia (India);Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>The occurrence of <i>Verbascum virgatum</i> in Nova Scotia may be historic; Ruth collected specimens from 1940 through 1960 from East Chester, Sydney, and Wolfville; it apparently has not been seen there subsequently. It also may be historic in British Columbia.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Verbascum virgatum
|author=
|authority=Stokes in W. Withering
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun(–Oct).
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=10–2000 m.
|distribution=B.C.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;La.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tex.;Utah;Europe;Asia;introduced also in Mexico (Coahuila);South America (Argentina;Chile);s Asia (India);Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1787
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Verbascum
|species=Verbascum virgatum
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