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Genus: Verbascum
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> Famliy:
Scrophulariaceae
About 360
species, native mainly to the northern temperate regions of the Old World.
Verbascum blattaria and Verbascum virgatum are garden
escapes in southern Africa. In addition, there are five other exotic
species (including two previously placed in Celsia) cultivated in southern Africa.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Verbascum blattaria
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Verbascum virgatum |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Verbascum arcturus
[= Celsia arcturus]
Native to Crete.
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Verbascum brevipedicellatum
[= Celsia brevipedicellata]
Native to England and tropical Africa.
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Verbascum chaixii
Native to Europe.
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Verbascum schimperianum
Native to Arabia.
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Verbascum thapsus (Great
mullein, Common mullein, Flannel plant)
Native to Eurasia.
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