Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. phoeniceum

Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 346.

Biennials or perennials. Stems 30–100 cm, stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely puberulent. Leaves: surfaces stipitate-glandular, sometimes also sparsely puberulent; basal and proximal cauline with petiole 5–40 mm; blade ovate to elliptic-ovate, ovatelanceolate, or oblong, 5–15 × 3–7.5 (–10) cm, base subrounded to broadly cuneate; cauline not clasping, abruptly smaller distally, base not decurrent, margins crenate, sinuate, or subentire, apex of distal cauline and floral bracts long-acuminate. Inflorescences unbranched, rarely branched from proximal nodes, narrowly cylindric, flowers remote, solitary in axils at least distally; rachis stipitate-glandular, without other vestiture or sparsely puberulent; bracts ± lanceolate, 4–7 mm, base not decurrent, apex acute to acute-acuminate, stipitate-glandular, without other vestiture or sparsely puberulent. Pedicels free, 6–20 (–25) mm; bracteoles 0. Flowers: calyx 4–7 mm, stipitate-glandular, without other vestiture or sparsely puberulent, lobes elliptic; corolla purple to violet, 20–30 (–35) mm diam., pellucid glands absent; filaments villous, hairs violet; stigma capitate. Capsules ovoid, 6–8 mm, glabrous or sparsely glandular. 2n = 32, 36.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites.
Elevation: 100–300 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Ky., N.Y., Ohio, Europe, Asia

Discussion

Plants of Verbascum phoeniceum with yellow corollas, mostly from Greece, have been named subsp. flavidum (Boissier) Bornmueller.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
puberulent +  and stipitate-glandular +
acute +  and acute-acuminate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Linnaeus +
not decurrent +, subrounded +  and broadly cuneate +
7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
ovate;elliptic-ovate ovatelanceolate or oblong +
not +, leathery +  and not fleshy +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
glandular +  and glabrous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
purple +  and violet +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +  and 3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
cupulate +  and rotate +
Ky. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Europe +  and Asia +
100–300 m. +
curved +  and straight +
not +  and abundant +
clustered +  and solitary +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid-ovoid broadly ellipsoid ovoid-globular or subglobular +
Fields, roadsides, disturbed sites. +
branched +  and unbranched +
axillary +, subterminal +  and terminal +
persistent +, semipersistent +  and deciduous +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
puberulent +
linear-oblong +  and elliptic or triangular +
subentire +, sinuate +  and crenate +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
spreading;deflexed +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Aug. +
puberulent +  and stipitate-glandular +
brown +  and orangish +
rugose +  and pitted +
conic +  and cylindric +
connate +  and distinct +
Introduced +
subequal +
puberulent +  and stipitate-glandular +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
spatulate +  and capitate +
puberulent +  and stipitate-glandular +
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. phoeniceum +
Verbascum phoeniceum +
subspecies +
red-tinged +
perennial +  and biennial +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +