Biology:Verbascum chaixii

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Verbascum

Verbascum chaixii
Verbascum chaixii 'Sixten Candles' 1.JPG
'Sixteen Candles' cultivar
Verbascum chaixii 'Sixten Candles' 3.JPG
Close up of flower
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Verbascum
Species:
V. chaixii
Binomial name
Verbascum chaixii
Vill.[1]

Verbascum chaixii, the nettle-leaved mullein, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Verbascum, native to Spain, France, Italy (including Sicily), the former Yugoslavia, and Greece.[2] It is considered a good plant to attract pollinators.[3] With Verbascum bombyciferum it is a parent of the 'Pink Domino' cultivar, which has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References

  1. Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 22 (1779)
  2. "Verbascum chaixii Vill.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:810912-1. 
  3. "Verbascum chaixii nettle-leaved mullein". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/25524/i-Verbascum-chaixii-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 chaixii 'Pink Domino'" 

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