Verbascum nigrum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Verbascum nigrum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Verbascum nigrum, Linn. (V. Hinkei, Friv.). Biennial, 2-3 ft. high: st. tall, angled above: lvs. green above, more or less tomentose beneath; lower long-petioled, ovate or oblong, base cordate; uppermost sessile, base rotundate: infl. a simple or slightly branched elongated raceme: fls. small, yellow, in many-fld., lax fascicles; calyx hirsute, segms. lanceolate-subulate; corolla-throat purple; filaments violet-bearded. Eu. and Asia. Gn. 27, p. 173. Var. album, Hort., has white fls. G. 15:159. Gn. 41, p. 551. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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