Mullein at Bonython, ACT
Identification history
| Verbascum sp. | 28 Apr 2017 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Verbascum sp. | 28 Apr 2017 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Verbascum virgatum | 28 Apr 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Verbascum blattaria | 15 Jan 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
On the slopes to the east of the Murrumbidgee River, south of Pine Island.
3 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
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
Mike
wrote:
29 Apr 2017
Some of the flowers do not look fresh and it could be the age that is giving the colour.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
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
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Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Verbascum sp. Scientific name
- Mullein Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- 557.35m to 657m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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