Biology:Verbascum bombyciferum

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Verbascum

Verbascum bombyciferum
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Inflorescences
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Preparing to bloom
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Verbascum
Species:
V. bombyciferum
Binomial name
Verbascum bombyciferum
Boiss.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Verbascum bombyciforme Boiss.

Verbascum bombyciferum, called the giant silver mullein, Turkish mullein and Broussa mullein, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Verbascum, native to Turkey, and introduced to California, Great Britain and Germany.[2] It is considered a good plant to attract pollinators.[3] With Verbascum chaixii it is a parent of the 'Pink Domino' cultivar, which has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References

  1. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 52 (1844)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Verbascum bombyciferum Boiss.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:810843-1. 
  3. "Verbascum bombyciferum Broussa mullein". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/85645/i-Verbascum-bombyciferum-i/Details. Retrieved 28 December 2020. 
  4. "Verbascum (Cotswold Group) 'Pink Domino' mullein 'Pink Domino'". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/96442/Verbascum-(Cotswold-Group)-Pink-Domino/Details. Retrieved 28 December 2020. "Synonyms; Verbascum bombyciferum 'Pink Domino' Verbascum bombyciferum 'Pink Domino'" 

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