Verbascum thapsus L.
common mullein
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Images:
Verbascum thapsus L.
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Distribution:
Verbascum thapsus L.
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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL) |
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Related Taxa:
Verbascum thapsus L.
View
91 genera in Scrophulariaceae,
18 species in Verbascum
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Classification:
Verbascum thapsus L.
Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS
Classification Report.
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Noxious Weed Information:
Verbascum thapsus L.
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place
name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location,
or click here for a composite list of all
Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Colorado: |
common mullein |
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C list (noxious weeds) |
Hawaii: |
mullein |
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Noxious weed |
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U.S. Weed Information:
Verbascum thapsus L.
big taper
common mullein
flannel plant
velvet dock
velvet plant
woolly mullein
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant
may be known by one or more common names in different
places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym
to view each weed list, or click here for a
composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
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Assorted authors.
200_.
State noxious weed lists for 46 states.
State agriculture or natural resource departments.
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Cal-IPC |
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California Invasive Plant Council.
2006.
California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007).
California Invasive Plant Council.
Berkeley, California.
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HEAR |
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USDI, Geological Survey.
1999.
Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003).
Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station.
Makawao, Hawaii.
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KY |
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Haragan, P.D.
1991.
Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide.
The University Press of Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky.
278pp.
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N'EAST |
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Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso.
1997.
Weeds of the Northeast.
Cornell University Press.
Ithaca, New York.
397pp.
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NE&GP |
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Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick.
1994.
Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains.
Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
589pp.
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SEEPPC |
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Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council.
1996.
Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999).
Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Tennessee.
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SWSS |
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Southern Weed Science Society.
1998.
Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM.
Southern Weed Science Society.
Champaign, Illinois.
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WI |
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Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.).
1997.
Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants.
Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources.
Madison, Wisconsin.
102pp.
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Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.
1996.
Weeds of the West.
Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming.
Laramie, Wyoming.
630pp.
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Introduced Information:
Verbascum thapsus L.
This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS
Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on
link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.
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More Accounts and Images:
Verbascum thapsus L.
View photographs from CalPhotos.
View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 33394.
View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).
View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).
View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
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Related Web Sites:
Verbascum thapsus L.
Arizona: abstract & image of common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
British Columbia Ag. & Food, Crop Protection Program
NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image
The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program
University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii
VA-Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide
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