Verbascum samniticum, Ten.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 210

29. V. samniticum Ten. , FI. Nap. 3: 219 (1824-1829)

(K phlomoides subsp. sartorii (Boiss. & Heldr.) Nyman ).

Biennial; stem 60-150 cm, sparsely tomentose, usually more or less glabrescent. Basal leaves 15-30x4-10 cm, obovate-oblong, greenish above, grey-tomentose beneath, rugose, crenate or slightly lobed, subsessile or shortly petiolate. Inflorescence lax, with a few suberect branches, forming a narrow panicle. Bracts 10-12 mm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, persistently and harshly yellowish-grey-tomentose; longer pedicels 4-6(-8) mm. Calyx 6-9 mm, persistently tomentose. Corolla 25-40 mm in diameter. Stamens 5, the lower with decurrent anthers; filament-hairs white. Capsule 5-6 mm, ovoid-globose. • W. part o f Balkan peninsula; C. Italy. Al Gr It Ju.