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 bombyciferum Boiss.
NATURALIZED Habit: Densely woolly. Stem: 50--150 cm, 0--few-branched. Leaf: basal with petiole 1--5 cm, blade to 40 cm, to 20 cm wide, ovate or obovate, +- crenate, tomentose; cauline reduced, distal sessile. Inflorescence: raceme, terminal, dense; flowers clustered, embedded in long-woolly hairs. Flower: calyx 6--10 mm, lobes lanceolate; corolla 20--30 mm, not glandular; upper 3 filaments white- or yellow-hairy, lower 2 glabrous distally. Fruit: 6--8 mm, ovoid. Ecology: Dry streambed in oak woodland; Elevation: 140 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCoRO (1 record, Sonoma Co.); Distribution Outside California: native to Turkey. Flowering Time: Jun Note: In cultivation, doubtfully naturalized; plants occasionally misidentified as Verbascum olympicum Boiss. 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) Previous taxon: Verbascum blattaria Next taxon: Verbascum speciosum
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Verbascum bombyciferum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=91790, accessed on April 23, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 23, 2024.
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