Verbascum × thapsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Scrophulariaceae
Tribus: Scrophularieae
Genus: Verbascum
Nothospecies: Verbascum × thapsi

Name

Verbascum × thapsi L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1669 (1763).

• Formula hybridae: Verbascum lychnitis L. × Verbascum thapsus L.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Verbascum × dimorphum Franch., Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 22: 140 (1868).
  • Verbascum × foliosum Franch., Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 22: 142 (1868).
  • Verbascum × schultzianum Wirtg., Fl. Preuss. Rheinprov.: 316 (1857).
  • Verbascum × spurium W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 511 (1837).
  • Verbascum × spurium subsp. dimorphum (Franch.) P.Fourn., Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç.: 338 (1928).
  • Verbascum × spurium subsp. foliosum (Franch.) P.Fourn., Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç.: 338 (1928).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland. Northern Europe Great Britain. Southeastern Europe Italy. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Stace, C.A. 1975. Hybridization and the Flora of the British Isles. 626 pp., Academic Press, London, New York, San Francisco. ISBN 0-12-661650-7. Reference page. 
• Stace, C.A., Preston, C.D. & Pearman, D.A. 2015. Hybrid flora of the British isles. 501 pp. Bristol: Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. ISBN 978-0-901158-48-2 Reference page. 
• Werier, D. 2017. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of New York State. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1–542. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Stace, C.A. 2019. New Flora of the British Isles. ed. 4. 1266 pp. C & M Floristics, Middelwood Green, Suffolk ISBN 978-1-5272-2630-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Verbascum × thapsi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Verbascum × thapsi. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2025. Reference page.