Verbascum sp.
Mullein at Bonython, ACT
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| Verbascum sp. | BettyDonWood | 28 Apr 2017 | |
| Verbascum sp. | BettyDonWood | 28 Apr 2017 | |
| Verbascum virgatum | MichaelBedingfield | 28 Apr 2017 | |
| Verbascum blattaria | MichaelBedingfield | 15 Jan 2017 |
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User's notes
On the slopes to the east of the Murrumbidgee River, south of Pine Island.
3 comments
29 Apr 2017
It must be a hybrid of unknown parentage, a garden escape. I have checked pretty widely, and virgatum always has yellow flowers, while blattaria has yellow or white flowers, often reddish on the back. Here is a list of cultivars. http://www.daytonnursery.com/encyclopedia/perennials/verbascum.htm
29 Apr 2017
Some of the flowers do not look fresh and it could be the age that is giving the colour.
29 Apr 2017
Afraid not. Apart from the hundreds I have seen in NSW and ACT, there are no photos or descriptions from reputable sources I could find on the internet that mention the flowers of Verbascum virgatum turning pink with age. Here is an excellent illustrated description from where it grows naturally. http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/M/Mullein(Twiggy)/Mullein(Twiggy).htm
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072977-35.439940
- Altitude 579.4m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Bonython, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2017 09:00 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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- Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Verbascum sp.
Species information
- Verbascum sp. Scientific name
- Mullein Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- 557.35m to 657m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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