Common name: Great Mullein, Aarons Rod
Verbascum thapsus subsp. thapsus L. APNI* 
Description: Erect biennial herb 0.5–2 m high, greyish or whitish tomentose with stellate non-glandular hairs.
Lower leaves with lamina 8–50 cm long, 2.5–14 cm wide, with lamina obovate to elliptic, margins entire or crenate, base tapering into petiole, upper leaves sessile and decurrent on stem.
Racemes simple or branched, dense, 15–100 cm long; 2–7 flowers in each bract; bracts 12–18 mm long; pedicels 1–5 mm long. Sepals 6–12 mm long. Corolla 1.5–3 cm diam., yellow; pubescent outside with numerous glandular dots. Stamens 5, unequal in length, 10–15 mm long; lowest pair of filaments (subsp.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP, *NFWP
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas. *S.A.
| The single subspecies in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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