Verbascum chinense (L.) Santapau

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum

Characteristics

Annuals or biennials. Stems 50-100 cm, branched apically, sparsely glandular pilose. Petiole of basal and lower stem leaves 3-8 mm; leaf blade pandurate, 5-8 cm; lobes 3-5, terminal lobe ovate, elliptic, or oblong, margin serrate distally, usually double serrate or lobed proximally. Other stem leaves short petiolate or sessile; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or ovate-triangular. Raceme to 20 cm, simple or branched. Rachises, bracts, pedicels, and calyces glandular pilose. Flowers solitary at each node. Pedicel to 5 mm, elongating to 1 cm in fruit. Calyx 3-4.5 mm; lobes elliptic-oblong. Corolla yellow, ca. 1 cm in diam. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments woolly; anthers reniform. Capsule ovoid, 6-7 mm longer than persistent calyx, glandular. Fl. and fr. Mar-Aug.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Asthma (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Cardiotonic agents (leaf), Cough (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Dysentery (leaf), Hypnotics and sedatives (leaf), Lung diseases (leaf), Nasal disease (leaf), Exanthema (whole plant), Fever (whole plant)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

Verbascum chinense unspecified picture

Distribution

Verbascum chinense world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:810918-1
WFO ID wfo-0001138958
COL ID 7FP9N
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Synonyms

Celsia chinensis Verbascum chinense Scrophularia chinensis