Verbascum thapsus L.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Linderniaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Verbascum spectabile Salisb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Verbascum thapsus L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Montane scrub jungles
  • Comments / notes : Introduced to southern part and central part of India
  • Key identification features : Erect herbs, up to 1.5 m high, densely stellate-tomentose; Basal leaves in rosette, oblanceolate, densely tomentose; Flowers in dense, tomentose, spicate racemes, yellow; Capsules globose; Seeds rugose.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-July
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkaballapur district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun (Chakrata)
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tawang
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Bhutan, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland
  • World Distribution : India, Northern Africa, Asia
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 220
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Verbascum thapsus. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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