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Verbascum thapsus L.

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Verbascum thapsus L.
Verbascum thapsus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Verbascum thapsus L.
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Verbascum thapsus

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Verbascum thapsus L.

Annual or biennial, with greyish or white tomentum of stellate hairs; stems to c. 1 m tall, usually simple, sometimes with a few branches from near base. Rosette lvs shortly petiolate, 7-20 × 3.5-10 cm, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-obovate, crenulate; base attenuate; apex obtuse to acute. Cauline lvs sessile, often more elongated, oblong, to c. 30 cm long; base decurrent. Infl. dense, woolly, to c. 80 cm high, simple or sometimes with 1-2 branches. Bracts lanceolate, acuminate. Fls subsessile or very shortly pedicellate, 1-several in each axil. Calyx 8-12 mm long, deeply lobed; lobes triangular-acuminate. Corolla 1.5-2.5-(3) cm diam., yellow, hairy; lobes rounded. Stamens 5; upper 3 stamens with white-villous filaments; lower 2 stamens glabrous or nearly so, and with anthers decurrent. Capsule 8-10 mm long, broad-ovoid, exserted from calyx. Seeds cylindric-oblong, rugose; apex truncate.

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Verbascum thapsus L.
Verbascum thapsus L.

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Verbascum thapsus L.
Australia
Verbascum thapsus L.
France
Verbascum thapsus L.
Nepal
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Verbascum thapsus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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52778a13-4d97-419f-9511-a7cce300c1c8
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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