Dark Mullein
Verbascum nigrum L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.0 m
- wide
- —
Scrophulariaceae
Also called Black Mullein, Black mullein, Dark mullein
Formerly Lychnitis nigra, Thapsus nigrum
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to C. SiberiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 51 cm to 1.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Dutch
- Zwarte toorts, zwarte toorts
- root
- VERNIG
- German
- Schwarze Königskerze, Dunkel-Königskerze, Dunkle Königskerze
- Russian
- Коровяк черный, Коровяк чёрный
- French
- Molène noire, molène noire
- Czech
- divizna černá
- Estonian
- must vägihein
- Danish
- Mørk kongelys
- Norwegian Bokmål
- mørkkongslys
- Finnish
- Tummatulikukka, tummatulikukka
- Lithuanian
- Juodoji tūbė
- Italian
- Verbasco nero
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Verbascum nigrum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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