Verbascum chaixii

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Verbascum chaixii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Verbascum chaixii, Vill. Biennial, usually about 3 ft. high, whitish tomentose: st. somewhat angled above: lvs. ovate to oblong, green or tomentose below, crenate; lower 3-6 in. long, petioled, base cuneate, more or less crenate or rather incised; upper lvs. sessile, base rotundate: racemes paniculate, fascicled and laxly several-fld.: fls. yellow; calyx-segms. lanceolate-subulate; corolla-lobes nearly rotund, filaments purple-woolly. S. Eu. Gn. 27, p. 172; 78, p. 435. Var. album, Hort., is a white-fld. form.—This species is said to reach a height of 10 ft. and to act like a true perennial in warm soils. V. orientale, Bieb., is considered the same by some authorities; apparently not in cult. The vars. semi- lanatum, Hort., and Freynianum, Hort., are really hybrids. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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