Common Name: FIGWORT FAMILY Habit: Annual to tree, generally glandular, some +- aquatic. Stem: round to square in ×-section. Leaf: simple, generally alternate, generally +- entire; stipules generally 0 (present in Limosella). Inflorescence: spike to panicle (head-like), generally bracted, or flowers 1--4 in axils. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx lobes 4--5; corolla bilateral to radial, lobes 4--5; stamens epipetalous, 4--5[6--8], 5th a staminode in Scrophularia; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas axile, style 1, stigma lobes generally 2. Fruit: capsule, generally +- ovoid, loculicidal or septicidal, or drupe-like. Genera In Family: +- 65 genera, 1700 species: +- worldwide; some cultivated as ornamental (Verbascum). Note: Other taxa moved to Plantaginaceae (Antirrhinum, Bacopa, Collinsia, Cymbalaria, Digitalis, Dopatrium, Gambelia, Gratiola, Hebe, Holmgrenanthe, Keckiella, Kickxia, Limnophila, Linaria, Lindernia, Maurandella, Mohavea, Nothochelone, Penstemon, Pseudorontium, Stemodia, Synthyris, Tonella, Veronica), Orobanchaceae (Bellardia, Castilleja, Cordylanthus, Orthocarpus, Parentucellia, Pedicularis, Triphysaria), Phrymaceae (Diplacus, Erythranthe, Mimetanthe, Mimulus). eFlora Treatment Author: Margriet Wetherwax, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: MULLEIN Habit: [Annual] biennial, rosette large. Stem: erect, simple or branched just proximal to inflorescence. Leaf: basal and cauline, alternate, distal reduced. Inflorescence: raceme or panicle, bracted. Flower: calyx +- radial, deeply 5-lobed; corolla +- radial, +- rotate, 5-lobed; stamens 5, lower 2 filaments > upper 3, all or only upper hairy; stigma +- spheric. Fruit: capsule, septicidal. Seed: small, wingless, many. Etymology: (Latin: from root for bearded) eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Margriet Wetherwax Reference: Donnelly et al. 1998 Amer J Bot 85:1618--1625
Verbascum thapsus L.
NATURALIZED Habit: Densely tomentose, hairs stellate or many-branched. Stem: 30--200 cm, generally simple. Leaf: basal short-petioled, 8--50 cm, oblanceolate, generally entire; cauline sessile, long-decurrent, 5--30 cm, lanceolate, generally entire. Inflorescence: raceme, dense; bracts 12--18 mm; pedicels < 2 mm, generally fused to stem. Flower: calyx 7--9 mm, lobes lanceolate; corolla 15--25(30) mm wide, yellow, glandular; upper 3 filaments white- or yellow-hairy, lower 2 glabrous to sparse-hairy. Fruit: 7--10 mm, ovoid. Chromosomes: 2n=32,34,36. Ecology: Roadsides, streambanks, disturbed areas; Elevation: < 2470 m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, n SNE, MP; Distribution Outside California: native to Eurasia. Flowering Time: May--Sep Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Margriet Wetherwax Reference: Donnelly et al. 1998 Amer J Bot 85:1618--1625 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) View the CDFA Pest Rating page for Verbascum thapsus Weed listed by Cal-IPC Previous taxon: Verbascum speciosum Next taxon: Verbascum virgatum
Botanical illustration including Verbascum thapsus
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Verbascum thapsus, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=47846, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
MAP CONTROLS 1. You can change the display of the base map layer control box in the upper right-hand corner.
2. County and Jepson Region polygons can be turned off and on using the check boxes.
(Note: any qualifiers in the taxon distribution description, such as 'northern', 'southern', 'adjacent' etc., are not reflected in the map above, and in some cases indication of a taxon in a subdivision is based on a single collection or author-verified occurence).
Data provided by the participants of the
Consortium of California Herbaria.
MAP LEGEND View all CCH records All markers link to CCH specimen records. The original determination is shown in the popup window.
Blue markers indicate specimens that map to one of the expected Jepson geographic subdivisions (see left map). Purple markers indicate specimens collected from a garden, greenhouse, or other non-wild location.
Yellow markers indicate records that may provide evidence for eFlora range revision or may have georeferencing or identification issues.
READ ABOUT YELLOW FLAGS
CCH collections by month
Duplicates counted once; synonyms included.
Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa, if there are more than 1 infraspecific taxon in CA.
Blue line denotes eFlora flowering time (fruiting time in some monocot genera).