Verbascum L.

Description of the genus

For descriptions see World Flora Online

Worldwide: 466 species in Europe, Asia and Africa as far South as DR Congo and Tanzania. Introduced in the New World. South Africa and Australia.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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virgatum Stokes

Other sources of information about Verbascum:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Verbascum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Verbascum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Verbascum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Verbascum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Verbascum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Verbascum
JSTOR Plant Science: Verbascum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Verbascum
Plants of the World Online: Verbascum
Tropicos: Verbascum
Wikipedia: Verbascum
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: Genus page: Verbascum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2691, retrieved 25 July 2026

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