Common name:
Dark mullein
Family:
Scientific name:
Verbascum nigrum
Main flower color:
Range:
Southern England
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Waste ground, verges, grassland, often on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Up to 2 cm in diameter; five yellow petals, with red-purple blotches at the base, and a group of five stamens which have orange anthers atop purple filaments lined with dense purple hairs. All anthers are transverse, attached in the middle. The inflorescence is an unbranched, elongated cluster occupying the upper half of the stem
Leaves:
Ovate, dark green, almost hairless, stalked towards the base of the stem becoming sessile further up. Strongly veined, with a wrinkled surface texture
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
