Scrophulariaceae
Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Verbascum
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Common names
By language (47)
- Arabic
- بوصير شائع, آذان الدب, بزير, بو صير, بو صيري, لبيده
- arz
- بوصير شائع
- Azerbaijani
- Ayıqulaq sığırquyruğu
- Basque
- Apo-belar
- Belarusian
- Дзіванна звычайная
- Catalan
- Herba blenera, Candelera, Cierge de Notre-Dame, Cua de guilla, Ploraner, Trepó, Trepó joanal, Tripó
- Chinese
- 毛蕊花, 一柱香
- Croatian
- Sitnocvjetna divizma
- Czech
- Divizna malokvětá
- Danish
- Filtbladet Kongelys
- Dutch
- Koningskaars
- English
- Great mullein, Common mullein, Mullein, Mullen
- Esperanto
- Tapso
- Estonian
- Üheksavägine
- Finnish
- Ukontulikukka
- French
- Bouillon blanc à petites fleurs, Bouillon-blanc, Cierge de Notre-Dame, Grande molène, Herbe de saint Fiacre, Molene thapsus, Molène Bouillon-blanc, Molène thapsus
- Galician
- Verbasco
- German
- Kleinblütige Königskerze, Brennkraut, Cierge de Notre-Dame, Echte Königskerze, Fackelblume, Fackelkraut, Feldkerze, Frauenkerze
- Greek
- Φλόμος
- hsb
- Małokwětkata dźiwizna
- Hungarian
- Molyhos ökörfarkkóró
- Irish
- Coinnle Muire
- Italian
- Tasso barbasso, Verbasco, Verbasco Thapsus
- Japanese
- ビロードモウズイカ
- Korean
- 우단담배풀
- kw
- Gwlanik
- Latvian
- Parastais deviņvīruspēks, Deviņvīruspēks
- li
- Dónderpele, Koningskaars, Koningskaars of Toorts, Toorts
- Lithuanian
- Smulkiažiedė tūbė, Cierge de Notre-Dame
- Macedonian
- Обичен бабјак
- mwl
- Cachapeiro
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Filtkongslys
- nv
- Nátʼostsoh
- os
- Галывзаг, Галæвзаг
- Persian
- گل ماهور, خرگوشک, ماهور
- Polish
- Dziewanna drobnokwiatowa
- Portuguese
- Cássimo, Berbasco, Verbasco
- Russian
- Коровяк обыкновенный, Медвежье ухо
- scn
- Verbascu, Babbascara, Barbascara
- Slovak
- Divozel malokvetý
- Slovenian
- Drobnocvetni lučnik
- Spanish
- Acerones, Anagálide acuática, Barbasco, Barbasco grande, Candela regia, Candelera, Casamo, Engordalobo
- Swedish
- Kungsljus, Cierge de Notre-Dame
- Tajik
- Говдум
- udm
- Гондырпель
- Ukrainian
- Коров'як звичайний
- Welsh
- Pannog felen, Clust y fuwch
Synonyms
- Verbascum spectabile Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 5,623 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Eric Watts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christoph M., CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Casey H. Richart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: florawhite, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Summerbell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.