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Verbascum sinuatum (Wavy-leaved Mullein) |
Verbascum sinuatum (SCROPHULARIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Verbascum sinuatum L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 178 (1753) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
No Main Synonyms
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Scrophulariaceae The Figwort Family 9 Scrophulariaceae species recorded from Malta.
Juss. | English name(s) : | Wavy-leaved Mullein | Maltese name(s) : | Xatbet l-andar | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common
Common Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (Creeping plants)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Aug | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Biennial, shortly but densely grey- to yellow-tomentose, sometimes floccose, glandular in inflorescence; stems 50-100 cm. Basal leaves 15-35 × 6-15 cm, oblong-spathulate, sinuate-pinnatifid, often somewhat undulate, sessile or very shortly petiolate. Inflorescence freely branched, lax. Bracts 3-8 mm, cordate-deltate, shortly cuspidate; longer pedicels 2-5 mm. Calyx 2-4 mm; lobes lanceolate. Corolla 15-30 mm in diameter. Stamens 5; anthers all reniform; filament-hairs violet. Capsule 2•5-4 mm, subglobose. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=30 |
Distributional range: |
S. Europe. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Ar Bl Bu Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sr Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [nCa(C) Md(M) Uk] |
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