Verbascum phoeniceum L., Sp. Pl. 178 1753. (syn: Celsia rechingeri Murb.; Thapsus pheniceum (L.) Raf.; Verbascum cisalpinum Biroli; Verbascum collinum Salisb.; Verbascum cupreum Sims; Verbascum ferrugineum Andr.; Verbascum plantaginifolium Schur; Verbascum puniceum Schrad.; Verbascum triste Sibth. & Sm.); Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia
& Hercegovina, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, C- &
E-European Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, Netherlands (I), Northern Caucasus, Armenia,
Georgia [Caucasus], Azerbaijan, Siberia (W-Siberia), Kazakhstan, China
(N-Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia,
NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia), European Turkey, Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan), USA (I)
(New York (I), Ohio (I)) as per Catalogue of Life; Garden Flowers For ID : 10APR16 : AK-6 : 06/06 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Cultivated, garden flowering plants seen at a plant nursery in Muscat on 18th March. I hope this is Verbascum .. Thank you for leading to the id. I did not think of Verbascum earlier. I hope Verbascum blattaria It has no distribution in Oman and sp. does not look like matching ! I think white flowered form V. blattaria f. albiflorum is common in cultivation, especially dry places. Verbascum blattaria L. Leaf pattern does not look like matching ! And flower color as well. Can we consider Verbascum phoeniceum? This is a cultivated, garden plant and not native to Oman. Both can have such white flowers and often cultivated forms, leaves may suggest Verbascum phoeniceum as … pointed out. References:
POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (High resolution specimens) Wikipedia |
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