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Verbascum blattaria (moth mullein; white moth mullein)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Verbascum blattaria, or moth mullein, is a flowering biennial weed belonging to the Scrophulariaceae (Figwort) family. An invasive species native to Eurasia and North Africa, it has naturalized in the United States and most of Canada since its introduction. It has been declared a noxious weed by the state of Colorado.
View Wikipedia Record: Verbascum blattaria

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Biennial/Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera, Bats
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [2]  The plant repels insects, it is used indoors to repel moths and cockroaches;
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Predators

Acherontia atropos (Death's-head hawk moth)[5]
Ortilia liriope[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0