Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Verbascum virgatum
Common name
Twiggy mullein, Green mullein
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Where found
Paddocks, disturbed sites, gardens, and roadsides. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced biennial herb to 2 m tall. Stem hairy to sticky hairy. Leaves form a rosette in the first year; and a single leafy stem, alternating up the stem, crowned by the inflorescence, in the second year. Basal leaves 8-30 cm long, 30-100 mm wide, hairy, sometimes sticky, margins toothed and often wavy. Upper leaves smaller, bases stem clasping. Flowers 30-40 mm in diameter, yellow with a purple centre, with a short tube and 5 unequal lobes, in clusters of 1-6, forming an open spike 30-80 cm long up the stem. Flowers Spring to Autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Verbascum~virgatum (accessed 8 February, 2021)
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