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Verbascum phlomoides
Also called Clasping Mullein, Clasping Leaved Mullein, Mullein, Woolly Mullein
Orange mullein is a biennial or short-lived perennial with woolly leaves and spikes of orange-yellow flowers, native to Europe and Asia Minor. It thrives in full sun and poor, dry soil, and is valued for attracting pollinators.
Verbascum phlomoides, the orange mullein, woolly mullein (which often refers to Verbascum thapsus), or clasping-leaf mullein, is a plant species in the family Scrophulariaceae native to Europe and Asia Minor. It is a widespread weed in North America. The Royal Horticultural Society considered it to be a good plant to attract pollinators. It is used as a respiratory catarrh and diuretic.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Verbascum phlomoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
