Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Verbascum virgatum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded14 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Stokes	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 227 (1787)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1787	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Green mullein	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia to W. Europe	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	13 cm	12.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 178, 468, 520, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178	Sourced
Flower color	yellow	blue, orange, purple, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Differs from sources
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	150 cm	150 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 178, 468, 520, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jun, jul, aug, sep	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Duration	biennial	biennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	jan, feb, mar, apr, may, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	4 / 9 · moderately dry air	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 882	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)	5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Differs from sources
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Other
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record

Verbascum virgatum Stokes, 1787 39% complete

Green mullein

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