Scrophulariaceae
Wavyleaf mullein
Verbascum sinuatum
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Verbascum
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Common names
By language (10)
- aeb
- صالح الأنظار, مصلح الأنظار
- Arabic
- بوصير مموج, بوصير اسود الورق, خرمة, عورور, فلومس اسود, مصلح النظر
- arz
- بوصير مموج
- English
- Wavyleaf mullein
- French
- Molène à feuilles sinuées
- German
- Buchten-Königskerze
- grc
- Φλόμος
- Hebrew
- בוצין מפורץ
- Macedonian
- Кривогранест бабјак
- Slovenian
- Usločenolistni lučnik
Synonyms
- Celsia sinuata (L.) Colla
- Lychnitis sinuata (L.) Fourr.
- Thapsus sinuatum (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to October (from 733 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Charlotte Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lucas Christofides, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: cigazze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Naim Akca, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ardian Tutra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Georges Olioso, 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.