Verbascum rotundifolium, 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 : 215

78. V. rotundifolium Ten. , FI. Nap. 1, Prodr.’. 66 (1811).

White-tomentose biennial, more or less fioccose above; stem 50-150 cm. Basal leaves 15-25 x 6-17 cm, ovate-elliptical to suborbicular, somewhat crenate or entire; petiole 7-15 cm. Inflorescence simple or sometimes branched. Bracts 8-15 mm, lanceolate, acuminate; longer pedicels 3-6 mm. Calyx 5-8 mm; lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla 15-40 mm in diameter. Stamens 5, the lower 2 with filaments much longer than the others; anthers all reniform, or the 2 lower sometimes somewhat oblique; filament-hairs violet. Capsule 7-11 mm, ovoid to conical. W. Mediterranean region. Co Hs It Sa Si.

1 Leaves with ± persistent, rough tomentum; capsule conical

(c) subsp. conocarpum 1 Leaves with ± fioccose, soft tomentum; capsule ellipsoid to ovoid

2 Basal leaves ovate to orbicular, obtuse (a) subsp. rotundifolium

2 Basal leaves ovate-elliptical, ± acute (b) subsp. haenseleri