Scrophulariaceae
Moth mullein
Verbascum blattaria
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Verbascum
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Common names
By language (22)
- Arabic
- بوصير قاتم
- arz
- بوصير قاتم
- Belarusian
- Дзіванна тараканавая
- Bosnian
- Bosanska divizma
- Bulgarian
- Обикновен лопен
- Catalan
- Blatària, Molène blattaire
- Chinese
- 毛瓣毛蕊花
- Czech
- Divizna švábovitá
- Dutch
- Mottenkruid
- English
- Moth mullein
- Finnish
- Perhotulikukka
- French
- Herbe aux mites, Molène blattaire
- German
- Schaben-Königskerze, Molène blattaire, Motten-Königskerze, Schabenkraut
- hsb
- Škabrowa dźiwizna
- Lithuanian
- Molène blattaire
- Macedonian
- Темен бабјак
- Persian
- گل ماهور مواج
- Polish
- Dziewanna rdzawa
- Russian
- Коровяк тараканий
- Slovenian
- Grozdasti lučnik
- Swedish
- Sommarkungsljus, Molène blattaire
- Welsh
- Pannog y gwyfyn
Synonyms
- Blattaria vulgaris Fourr.
- Thapsus blattaria (L.) Raf.
- Verbascum blattaria f. albiflorum (G.Don) House
- Verbascum blattaria f. blattaria
- Verbascum blattaria subsp. repandum (Willd.) Arcang.
- Verbascum blattaria var. albiflorum G.Don
- Verbascum blattaria var. albiflorum Kuntze
- Verbascum blattaria var. brevipedicellatum Halácsy
- Verbascum blattaria var. crenatum Rouy
- Verbascum blattaria var. incarnatum Regel
- Verbascum blattaria var. majus Gaudin
- Verbascum blattaria var. normalis Kuntze
- Verbascum blattaria var. rubricaule Regel
- Verbascum blattaria var. subintegerrimum Regel
- Verbascum blattariforme Griseb.
- Verbascum carduifolium Murb.
- Verbascum carduifolium Murb. ex Hayek
- Verbascum caucasicum Fisch.
- Verbascum claytonii Michx.
- Verbascum cordatum Desf.
- Verbascum glabrum Mill.
- Verbascum leptophyllum Bubani
- Verbascum luridum Salisb.
- Verbascum nitidum Stokes
- Verbascum ramosissimum J.Lloyd ex Boreau
- Verbascum repandum Willd.
- Verbascum rhinanthifolium Davidov
- Verbascum virgatum Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 2,646 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: annecabus5, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Goodbooy ..., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Amanda Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Paul Roots, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Amanda Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.