Wand Mullein

Description: Introduced, warm season, biennial, hairy herb 1–2 m tall. Leaves form a rosette when young; lower leaves are obovate to elliptic, lamina 8–30 cm long and 3–10 cm wide, with margins toothed and sometimes sinuate; upper leaves are sessile and stem-clasping. Flowerheads are racemes 30–80 cm long. Flowers occur on short pedicels 2–5 mm long, and are 3–4 cm diam., yellow with a purple centre. Capsules are globose, 5–8 mm long and glandular-hairy. Flowering is from spring to autumn. A native of western Europe, it grows in disturbed areas, often along roadsides and near habitation. Date: 25 September 2014, 10:40. Source: Verbascum virgatum leaf5. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia. Camera location32° 21′ 10.37″ S, 151° 55′ 18.53″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-32.352881; 151.921813.

Description: English: Twiggy Mullein (Verbascum virgatum) growing along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Date: 23 November 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Bidgee. Permission (Reusing this file): : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Australia license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/au/deed.en CC BY-SA 2.5 au Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 au truetrue.. Camera location 35° 06′ 27.8″ S, 147° 22′ 32.58″ E : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: -35.107721; 147.375716.

Description: Introduced, warm season, biennial, hairy herb 1–2 m tall. Leaves form a rosette when young; lower leaves are obovate to elliptic, lamina 8–30 cm long and 3–10 cm wide, with margins toothed and sometimes sinuate; upper leaves are sessile and stem-clasping. Flowerheads are racemes 30–80 cm long. Flowers occur on short pedicels 2–5 mm long, and are 3–4 cm diam., yellow with a purple centre. Capsules are globose, 5–8 mm long and glandular-hairy. Flowering is from spring to autumn. A native of western Europe, it grows in disturbed areas, often along roadsides and near habitation. Date: 31 January 2015, 09:56. Source: Verbascum virgatum flower5 NT. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.