Scrophulariaceae
Nettle-leaf mullein
Verbascum chaixii
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Verbascum
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Common names
By language (10)
- Bulgarian
- Шексиев лопен
- Chinese
- 疏毛毛蕊花
- English
- Nettle-leaf mullein
- Finnish
- Kynttilätulikukka
- French
- Molène de Chaix
- kbd
- Андзышбаринэ
- Russian
- Коровяк Шэ
- Slovenian
- Chaixov lučnik
- Swedish
- Franskt kungsljus
- Welsh
- Pannog dail danadl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: karin13, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hans Farjon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hans Farjon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Darrel Watts, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.