Stats

Lifespan

Biennial or short-lived perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Europe and Mediterranean

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

Dark Mullein, native to dry open sites in temperate Europe, grows to 0.5-1.5m tall. It is a flowering herb with purple-blue flowers, and its leaves are dark green and hairy.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Genus

Verbascum

Species

Verbascum nigrum