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|accepted_name=Verbascum densiflorum
|accepted_authority=Bertoloni
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rar. Lig. [Ital.] Pl.
|place=3: 52. 1810
|year=1810
}}
|common_names=Denseflower mullein
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Verbascum thapsiforme
|authority=Schrader
}}
|hierarchy=Scrophulariaceae;Verbascum;Verbascum densiflorum
|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 densiflorum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 345, 347
|treatment_page=page 348
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Biennials.</b> Stems 30–120 cm, densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular. <b>Leaves</b>: surfaces densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 10–30 mm; blade obovate to oblong-ovate, 5–25(–30) × 4–8(–12) cm, base attenuate; cauline not clasping, gradually smaller distally, base long-decurrent, margins crenate, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts long-acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> unbranched, narrowly cylindric, sometimes branched from proximal nodes, forming a panicle, flowers densely overlapping, in clusters of 2–8; rachis densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular; bracts ovate, 15–40 mm, base decurrent, apex long-acuminate, densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular. <b>Pedicels</b> free or adnate to rachis at base, 3–15 mm; bracteoles 2. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 5–12 mm, densely and persistently tomentose, eglandular, lobes ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate; corolla yellow, 30–55 mm diam., pellucid glands absent or relatively few; proximal filaments glabrous, distal pair villous, hairs white or yellow, anthers orange; stigma spatulate, base decurrent. <b>Capsules</b> elliptic-ovoid, 5–8 mm, tomentose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=50–300 m.
|distribution=Iowa;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Wis.;Europe;Asia;introduced also in South America (Chile);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Verbascum</i> ×humnickii Franchet is a hybrid between <i>V. densiflorum</i> and <i>V. thapsus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Verbascum densiflorum
|author=
|authority=Bertoloni
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Verbascum thapsiforme
|basionyms=
|family=Scrophulariaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
|elevation=50–300 m.
|distribution=Iowa;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Wis.;Europe;Asia;introduced also in South America (Chile);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Rar. Lig. [Ital.] Pl.
|publication year=1810
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_55.xml
|genus=Verbascum
|species=Verbascum densiflorum
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