Verbascum nigrum L.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Scrophulariaceae// Genus: Verbascum// Species: Verbascum nigrum L. Variability: Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum (Borbás) I. K. Ferguson

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum is native to Southeast Europe (Balkan Peninsula and Romania) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal and Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+).

Habitat: Open habitats – grassland, clearings of mixed oak forests.

Flowering period: Summer (JUN, JUL).

Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – habit in habitat. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – habit. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – branch of inflorescence. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – flowers. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – flower. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – flower and flower buds. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – lower cauline leaves. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum  – basal leaf. Mountain ridge between artificial lake “Gradche and the Gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum (Borbás) I.K.Ferguson. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:891514-1 [Accessed 10.07.2021].

Verbascum nigrum subsp. abietinum. Marhold, K. (2011+): Verbascum. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=32835&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 10.07.2021].

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