Twiggy Mullein - Verbascum virgatum
In the first year the leaves form a rosette. In the second year the stem extends from the rosette and leaves are alternate along it. The inflorescence is a raceme which may be branched. The flowers are usually yellow. There are 5 stamens, some or all of the filaments are hairy.
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Railway verges, disturbed ground and wasteland - often as a casual.
In flower during June, July and August.
Biennial.
Occasional with most records from the west and the north of Britain.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 3 of the 617 tetrads.
Melinda Bell
Moira,AshbyWoulds Way
19 July 2021
raceme of yellow flowers
Melinda Bell
Moira,AshbyWoulds Way
19 July 2021
leaves clasp slightly hairy stem
Melinda Bell
Moira,AshbyWoulds Way
19 July 2021
5 hairy stamens
Melinda Bell
Moira,AshbyWoulds Way
19 July 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Twiggy Mullein, Large-Flowered Mullein
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Lamiales
- Family:
- Scrophulariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 01/01/2014 (Richard Penson)
- Last record:
- 19/07/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
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