Scientific name: | Verbascum virgatum Stokes |
Common Name: | Twiggy mullein |
Status: | Not declared noxious in Victoria. |
Habitat: | Occurs in disturbed sites, often along roadsides and near habitation (Harden 1992). It is a common weed in much of Victoria south of Echuca and Horsham (Faithfull 2000). Twiggy Mullein invades lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, riparian vegetation, rock outcrop vegetation, warm temperate rainforest, and alpine and subalpine vegetation (Carr et al 1992). |
Twiggy mullein flower Photo: Mark Imhof | Twiggy mullein plant Photo: Mark Imhof |