. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vol. III. 2. Verbascum phlomoides L. Clasp- ing-leaved Mullen. Fig. 3736. Verbascum phlomoides L. Sp. PI. 1194. 1753. Stem rather stout, usually simple, i°-4° high. Leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate, crenate, crenulate, or entire, woolly-tomen- tose on both sides, sessile or somewhat clasping, or slightly decurrent on the stem, or the lower of
. 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 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SCROPHULARIACEAE. Vol. III. 2. Verbascum phlomoides L. Clasp- ing-leaved Mullen. Fig. 3736. Verbascum phlomoides L. Sp. PI. 1194. 1753. Stem rather stout, usually simple, i°-4° high. Leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate, crenate, crenulate, or entire, woolly-tomen- tose on both sides, sessile or somewhat clasping, or slightly decurrent on the stem, or the lower often petioled with truncate or subcordate bases; flowers yellow, or cream-color, 1' broad or more, usually in a solitary elongated tomentose spike-like ra- ceme; pedicels clustered, shorter than the calyx; stamens as in V. Thapsus; capsule 4"-S" long, exceeding the tomentose calyx. Eastern Massachusetts to Kentucky. Ad- ventive or fugitive from Europe or eastern Asia. June-Aug. 3. Verbascum Lychnitis L. White Mullen. Fig. 3737- Verbascum Lychnitis L. Sp. PI. 177. 1753. Stem angled, rather stout, paniculately branched above, 2°-4i° high, densely covered, as well as the lower surfaces of the leaves, with a white canescent nearly stellate pubescence. Leaves ob- long, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, crenate-dentate, 2'-/ long, the upper acute, sessile, but not decur- rent on the stem, the lower obtuse or acute at the apex and narrowed into margined petioles; flow- ers in a large terminal panicle, racemose on its branches, white or cream-color, 5"-6" broad, nearly sessile; pilose hairs of the 3 shorter fila- ments white; capsule about 2" high, equalling or exceeding the calyx. In fields and waste places, Ontario to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Reported from Kansas. Natural- ized from Europe. Native also of Asia. June-Sept. Its down once used for lighting, hence Lichnitis, lamp. 4. Verbascum Blattaria L. Moth Mullen. Please note that these images are extracted
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