Verbascum nigrum, Dark Mullein - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Dark mullein

Botanical name & synonyms: Verbascum nigrum, Lychnitis nigra, Thapsus niger, Verbascum alopecurus, Verbascum alpinum, Verbascum cordifolium, Verbascum hinkei, Verbascum nigrum ssp. Alopecuros, Verbascum nitidum var. alopecuros, Verbascum nitidum var. cuspidatum, Verbascum nitidum var. parisiense, Verbascum nitidum var. thyrsoideum, Verbascum orchideum, Verbascum parisiense, Verbascum pseudonigrum, Verbascum thyrsoideum, Verbascum wierzbickii

Family: Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)

• native to Europe
  

• biennial
  

• 50 to 150cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• plant community: forest edges, ruderal
  

• for bees
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 0,09 gram