Verbascum phlomoidesL.

Orange Mulleinorange mullein

WFO wfo-0000419193 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. a Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-11-16 / obs. 188048786
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by tetyanakuchma
fig. b tetyanakuchma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162709145
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. c Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161732725
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Oleksii Vasyliuk
fig. d Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156264498
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Lars Willighagen
fig. e Lars Willighagen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179771621
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Gabriel Mayrhofer
fig. f Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154308003
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Emmett Collins-Sussman
fig. g Emmett Collins-Sussman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150652182
Verbascum phlomoides, photographed by Виктория Билоус
fig. h Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150280397

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Verbascum phlomoides is native: Altay, East Aegean Is., Kazakhstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AltayEast Aegean Is.KazakhstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Verbascum phlomoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Kazakhstan KAZ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 47 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Flomosia condensata Raf.
  • Flomosia nemarosa Raf.
  • Flomosia phlomoides (L.) Raf.
  • Thapsus phlomoides (L.) Opiz
  • Verbascum argyrostachyon Ten.
  • Verbascum australe Schrad.
  • Verbascum belasitzae Stoj. & Stef.
  • Verbascum bulgaricum Velen.
  • Verbascum calvescens Schur
  • Verbascum condensatum Schrad.
  • Verbascum foemina Garsault
  • Verbascum formanekii Borbás ex Formánek
  • Verbascum grandiflorum Mill.
  • Verbascum italicum Moric.
  • Verbascum jernacha Hochst. ex Benth.
  • Verbascum montanum Griseb.
  • Verbascum nemorosum Schrad.
  • Verbascum phlomoides f. eramosum Todor & Gergely
  • Verbascum phlomoides prol. nemorosum (Schrad.) Rouy
  • Verbascum phlomoides subsp. australe Bonnier & Layens
  • Verbascum phlomoides subsp. australe (Schrad.) Nyman
  • Verbascum phlomoides var. album Alef.
  • Verbascum phlomoides var. australe (Schrad.) Dumort.
  • Verbascum phlomoides var. condensatum (Schrad.) Rouy

and 23 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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