Verbascum speciosum

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
Species: Verbascum speciosum
Name

Verbascum speciosum Schrad.
References

Hortus Gottingensis seu plantae novae et rariores horti regii botanici... 2:22, t. 16. 1811
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Verbascum speciosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
azərbaycanca: Gözəl sığırquyruğu
Deutsch: Pracht-Königskerze
English: Hungarian mullein, showy mullein
suomi: Pustantulikukka
magyar: Pompás ökörfarkkór
русский: Коровяк великолепный

Verbascum speciosum is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name Hungarian mullein[1] or showy mullein. It is native to eastern Europe and western Asia, and it is known in many other regions as an introduced species and roadside weed. It is a biennial herb forming a rosette of large leaves and an erect stem well exceeding one meter in maximum height. The leaves are 30 to 40 centimeters long and have smooth edges and pointed tips. The plant blooms in a large panicle with many branches lined with flowers. Each flower has a corolla measuring 2 to 3 centimeters wide with five yellow petals. There are five stamens coated in long white hairs at the center. The fruit is a capsule up to 7 millimeters in length containing many seeds.
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.