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|accepted_name=Verbascum blattaria
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 178. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Moth mullein;molène blattaire
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Verbascum;Verbascum blattaria
|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 blattaria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 345, 347
|treatment_page=page 346
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals </b>or biennials. <b>Stems</b> 60–150 cm, glabrous or glabrate. <b>Leaves</b>: surfaces glabrous or glabrate; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 1–2 mm; blade obovate to oblanceolate, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 4–12(–20) × 1.5–5 cm, base subrounded to broadly cuneate; cauline subclasping, gradually smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins coarsely and regularly crenate-dentate to dentate or pinnately dentate-lobed, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts acute. <b>Inflorescences</b> unbranched, rarely branched from proximal nodes, narrowly cylindric, flowers remote, solitary in axils at least distally; rachis stipitate-glandular, without other vestiture; bracts ovate to lanceolate-ovate, 7–10(–15) mm, base decurrent, apex acute to short-acuminate, stipitate-glandular. <b>Pedicels</b> free or adnate to rachis at base, 5–11(–15) mm; bracteoles 0. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 5–7 mm, stipitate-glandular, lobes linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong; corolla purple in bud, becoming yellow, yellow-orange, yellow with purple center, white, cream with red-tinged tips, or pink, 25–35 mm diam., pellucid glands absent or relatively few; proximal filaments hairy, hairs purple, distal pair villous, hairs white and purple or violet; stigma spatulate, base decurrent. <b>Capsules</b> subglobular, 5–8 mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular apically. <b>2n</b> = 18, 30, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul(–Oct).
|habitat=Stream banks, lake edges, ditches, dry hills, railroad rights-of-way, orchards, prairies, open oak woods, rocky meadows, roadsides, fields, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–1300 m.
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia;introduced also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Verbascum</i> ×pterocaulon Franchet is a hybrid between <i>V. blattaria</i> and <i>V. thapsus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Verbascum blattaria
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul(–Oct).
|habitat=Stream banks, lake edges, ditches, dry hills, railroad rights-of-way, orchards, prairies, open oak woods, rocky meadows, roadsides, fields, disturbed sites.
|elevation=0–1300 m.
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia;introduced also in Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_51.xml
|genus=Verbascum
|species=Verbascum blattaria
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