Verbascum dumulosum

Verbascum dumulosum
V. dumulosum, Gothenburg Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Scrophularieae
Genus: Verbascum
Species: V. dumulosum
Binomial name
Verbascum dumulosum
P.H.Davis & Hub.-Mor.[1]

Verbascum dumulosum (common name shrubby mullein) is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to south west Turkey. Growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall by 40 cm (16 in) wide, it is an evergreen subshrub with sage-like, felted grey-green leaves and masses of saucer-shaped yellow flowers with red eyes in summer. As it requires sharp drainage, it is often planted in full sun in a gravel bed or in rock crevices.[2][3]

The specific epithet dumulosum means "bushy".[4]

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5]

References

  1. "International Plant Names Index (IPNI)". Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  3. "Kew Gardens Plants & fungi". Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
  5. http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=4283
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