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Verbascum virgatum

Stokes (1787)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Scrophulariaceae Genus: Verbascum

virgate mullein, wand mullein

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Biennial herbs 6–12(–15) dm tall in the second year, glandular puberulent and hispid throughout, the hairs forked or simple.

Stems:

Roots: Taprooted.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Leaves in a basal rosette and with alternate cauline ones. Basal leaves obovate; cauline leaves lanceolate, basal leaves 10–30 cm long, 4.5–9 cm wide; cauline leaves becoming progressively smaller toward the inflorescence. Base subsessile and somewhat clasping the stem. Surfaces glandular puberulent and hispid. Margins of basal leaves crenate to dentate. Petiolate or sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1–5 per node, forming a racemose inflorescence, pedicels 2–5 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx deeply 5-lobed, the lobes equal, 5.5–8(–9) mm long, the lobes lanceolate, glandular pubescent. Corolla slightly zygomorphic, 5-lobed, upper 2 lobes slightly shorter than and overlapping the lower 3 lobes in bud, the tube short, yellow, rotate,15–20 mm long, the lobes pubescent externally. Stamens 5, upper 3 staminal filaments densely white or violet villous, the lower 2 violet villous; anthers monothecal. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, with as many cells; ovule placentation axile; style solitary, terminal; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Capsules globose; 0.6–0.8 cm long; glandular puberulent and sometimes also with stellate or branched hairs; septicidal. Seeds numerous; obconical; with thick; undulate; longitudinal ribs; endosperm oily.

Ploidy: 2n = 32; 64; 66

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Birds

Pollinators

Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 227 (1787)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1247 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Verbascum virgatum 3860 Manoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 7/12/2007
2 Verbascum virgatum Kau District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip Rd, below Kipuka Ki Roadside in open Metrosideros forest with native shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Plant less than 1 meter tall. Fruit green & purple. Few yellow flowers. Cuddihy, L.W. 1914 Hawaii BISH 1985-08-13
3 Verbascum virgatum Mohihi Road, Kauai, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/16/2007
4 Verbascum virgatum Volcano House Garden Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 641 Hawaii BISH 1943-06-10
5 Verbascum virgatum Mauna Kea; David Douglas Monument Single plant in grassy, partly shaded decadent koa forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 35729 Hawaii BISH 1982-10-02
6 Verbascum virgatum Kau District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip Rd, below Kipuka Ki Roadside in open Metrosideros forest with native shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Plant less than 1 meter tall. Fruit green & purple. Few yellow flowers. Cuddihy, L.W. 1914 Hawaii BISH 1985-08-13
7 Verbascum virgatum Mauna Kea; Hale Pohaku Occasional herb along road to summit. Growing w/Verbascum thapsus, Hypochoeris, Gnaphalium sandwicensium & grasses. Preserved_Specimen 3-4' high; flws yellow w/purple hairs inside. Davis, J. 613 Hawaii BISH 1981-10-06
8 Verbascum virgatum Kau District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip Rd, below Kipuka Ki Roadside in open Metrosideros forest with native shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Plant less than 1 meter tall. Fruit green & purple. Few yellow flowers. Cuddihy, L.W. 1914 Hawaii BISH 1985-08-13
9 Verbascum virgatum 3860 Manoa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 7/12/2007
10 Verbascum virgatum Kau District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip Rd, below Kipuka Ki Roadside in open Metrosideros forest with native shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Plant less than 1 meter tall. Fruit green & purple. Few yellow flowers. Cuddihy, L.W. 1914 Hawaii BISH 1985-08-13
11 Verbascum virgatum Mohihi Road, Kauai, HI, USA OBSERVATION Curtis Daehler Hawaii HAPI 3/16/2007
12 Verbascum virgatum Volcano House Garden Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 641 Hawaii BISH 1943-06-10
13 Verbascum virgatum Mauna Kea; David Douglas Monument Single plant in grassy, partly shaded decadent koa forest. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 35729 Hawaii BISH 1982-10-02
14 Verbascum virgatum Kau District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip Rd, below Kipuka Ki Roadside in open Metrosideros forest with native shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Plant less than 1 meter tall. Fruit green & purple. Few yellow flowers. Cuddihy, L.W. 1914 Hawaii BISH 1985-08-13
15 Verbascum virgatum Mauna Kea; Hale Pohaku Occasional herb along road to summit. Growing w/Verbascum thapsus, Hypochoeris, Gnaphalium sandwicensium & grasses. Preserved_Specimen 3-4' high; flws yellow w/purple hairs inside. Davis, J. 613 Hawaii BISH 1981-10-06
16 Verbascum virgatum Kau District, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Mauna Loa Strip Rd, below Kipuka Ki Roadside in open Metrosideros forest with native shrubs. Preserved_Specimen Plant less than 1 meter tall. Fruit green & purple. Few yellow flowers. Cuddihy, L.W. 1914 Hawaii BISH 1985-08-13
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