Verbascum blattaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Scrophularieae
Genus: Verbascum
Subgenus: V. subg. Verbascum
Sectio: V. sect. Verbascum
Subsectio: V. subsect. Singuliflora
Species:

Name

Verbascum blattaria L., Sp. Pl. 1: 178 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Blattaria vulgaris Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 125 (1869), nom. nov..
- Thapsus blattaria (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 89 (1838).
Heterotypic
- Verbascum blattaria var. albiflorum G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 497 (1838).
- Verbascum blattaria f. albiflorum (G.Don) House, New York State Mus. Bull. 243–244: 45- 1923. ("albiflora")
- Verbascum blattariiforme Griseb., Arch. Naturgesch. 18(1): 321 (1852). ("blattariforme")
- Verbascum blattaria var. brevipedicellatum Halácsy
- Verbascum carduifolium Murb. ex Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih., 30(2): 131 (1929).
- Verbascum caucasicum Fisch., Cat. Hort. Gorenk. ed. II: 25 (1812), nom. illeg..
- Verbascum claytonii Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 148 (1803).
- Verbascum cordatum Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 186 (1798).
- Verbascum blattaria var. crenatum Rouy, Fl. Fr. 11: 10 (1909).
- Verbascum blattaria f. erubescens Brügger
- Verbascum glabrum Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 8 (1768).
  - Verbascum blattaria var. glabrum (Mill.) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 380 (1831/1832).
  - Verbascum blattaria f. glabrum (Mill.) Hayek in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 6(1): 10 (1913).
- Verbascum leptophyllum Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 1: 340 (1897).
- Verbascum luridum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 104 (1796).
- Verbascum muhlenbeckii Godr., Bon Cult. Nancy (1846).
- Verbascum nitidum Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 382 (1812).
- Verbascum pseudoblattaria Schleich., Cat. Pl. Helv. ed. IV: 36 (1821), nom. illeg..
- Verbascum ramosissimum Lloyd ex Boreau, Mem. Soc. Acad. Maine-et-Loire 22: 12 (1868), nom. illeg..
- Verbascum repandum Willd., Enum. Pl.: 226 (1809).
  - Verbascum blattaria subsp. repandum (Willd.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 504 (1882).
- Verbascum rhinanthifolium Davidov, Trav. Soc. Bulg. Sci. Nat. 8: 101 (1915).
- Verbascum rubiginosum Diard, Catal. Pl. St-Calais: 151 (1842), nom. illeg. non Waldst. & Kit., Pl. Rar. Hung., 2: 216, pl. 197 (1805).
- Verbascum virgatum Spreng., Syst. 1: 621 (1824), nom. illeg..

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain (introduced)
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia & Kosovo, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym, Central European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Gruziya, Azerbaijan).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - Xinjiang.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - East Himalaya (Darjiling), West Himalaya (Jammu-Kashmir).
Continental: Australasia (all introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands (Lord Howe Island), New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Continental: Pacific (all introduced)
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii
Continental: Northern America (all introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast
Continental: Southern America (all introduced)
- Regional: Western South America
  - Peru
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 178. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Verbascum blattaria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 23. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Verbascum blattaria in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 23.
Hassler, M. 2020. Verbascum blattaria. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 23. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Verbascum blattaria in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 23.
Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Verbascum blattaria. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2020 Feb 23.
Tropicos.org 2020. Verbascum blattaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb 2020. Reference page.
Hand, R., Thieme, M. & collaborators 2025. Florenliste von Deutschland – Gefäßpflanzen, Version 15. May 2025. Founded by Karl Peter Buttler, published on the internet (https://www.florenliste-deutschland.de). Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Verbascum blattaria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

العربية: بوصير قاتم
беларуская: Дзіванна тараканавая
bosanski: Bosanska divizma
català: Blatària
čeština: Divizna švábovitá
Cymraeg: Pannog y gwyfyn
Deutsch: Schaben-Königskerze
English: Moth Mullein
español: Gordolobo
فارسی: گل ماهور مواج
suomi: Perhotulikukka
français: Molène blattaire
hornjoserbsce: Škabrowa dźiwizna
italiano: Verbasco polline
日本語: モウズイカ
Nederlands: Mottenkruid
русский: Коровяк тараканий
slovenčina: Divozel švábový
svenska: Sommarkungsljus
українська: Дивина тарганяча
中文: 毛瓣毛蕊花