An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . erete, glabrous orsparing:ly glandular-pubescent, usually quite simple,2°-6° high. Leaves oblong, ovate or lanceolate,dentate, laciniate, or pinnatifid, acute or acuminate,the upper i-2i long, truncate or cordate-claspingat the base, the lower and basal ones sessile orsomewhat petioled, sometimes l° long, seldom pres-ent at flowering time; raceme i°-2° long, loose;pedicels spr
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . erete, glabrous orsparing:ly glandular-pubescent, usually quite simple,2°-6° high. Leaves oblong, ovate or lanceolate,dentate, laciniate, or pinnatifid, acute or acuminate,the upper i-2i long, truncate or cordate-claspingat the base, the lower and basal ones sessile orsomewhat petioled, sometimes l° long, seldom pres-ent at flowering time; raceme i°-2° long, loose;pedicels spreading, i-i long, bracted at the base;corolla yellow or white, about i broad, with brownmarks on the back; filaments all pilose with violethairs; capsule depressed-globose, 3 in diameter,longer than the calyx. In fields and waste places, Quebec to Florida, west toOregon and California. Naturalized from also of Asia. June-Nov. Said to repel thecockroach (Blatta), whence the name Blattaria; fre-quented by moths, hence moth-mullen. Verbascum virgatum Stokes, a similar Old Worldspecies, found on Cape Breton Island and naturalizedin the Pacific States, has fruiting pedicels shorter thanthe
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