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]