Verbascum speciosum Schrad.

Verbascum speciosum Schrad.

Synonymy

    Taxon info

    Verbascum speciosum is an imposing biennial up to 2 m tall, with a large, much-branched inflorescence. The plants in the photos (from the Rodopi mountains) belong to subsp. speciosum; subsp. megaphlomos, differing in indumentum characters, is scattered in W & S Greece. The species is widespread in SE Europe and Anatolia and is sometimes cultivated.A
    A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 362 [Plate 23.5]

    Distribution

    GR(NPi Pe StE NC NE

    Greece (North Central Greece present; North Pindos present; North-East Greece present; Peloponnisos present; Sterea Ellas present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Mediterranean-European

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Temperate and submediterranean Grasslands, Agricultural and Ruderal habitats

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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