Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum (Boiss.) Bornm.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Scrophulariaceae// Genus: Verbascum// Species: Verbascum phoeniceum L. Subspecies: Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum (Boiss.) Bornm.

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

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum (Boiss.) Bornm. is native to the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Marhold, 2011+).

Habitat: Edges and clearings of oak forests.

Flowering period: Spring (APR, MAY).

Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – habit. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – inflorescence. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – inflorescence. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – flower. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – flower. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – flowers. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – flowers. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – flower. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – flower with calyx. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – capsules. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum  – basal leaves. Artificial lake “Gradche”, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum – habit and inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska”  River, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum – close-up of flower. Gorge of “Kochanska”  River, 29.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Verbascum phoeniceum subsp. flavidum – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska”  River, 29.04.2020. 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 phoeniceum subsp. flavidum. 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=32843&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 28.09.2021].

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