Verbascum bugulifolium

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Common name

Scientific name

Verbascum bugulifolium Lam.

Conservation status and threats

PROTECTED species in Bulgaria. Endangered.

Description and identification

Perennial to annual plant, covered with scattered simple and long glandular hairs. Stem 15–60 cm, simple or branched. Basal leaves in a rosette, petioles 2–5 cm, lamina 2.5–5(8) cm long, 1.2–3(6) cm wide, broadly triangular to cordate-ovate, entire or dentate. Cauline leaves sessile, smaller, similar to the bracts, densely glandular. Flowers single, in a dense, cylindrical raceme, covered by glands with purple heads. Calyx 5–8 mm long, divided to the base. Corolla 25–30 mm in diameter, bluish on outer surface, glandular, with radial yellow stripe; inside green, with papillae on the veins of the two upper petals; upper two petals oblong, twice as narrow as the lower ones. Stamens 4; filaments of the upper two thin, densely covered with white and violet papillae. Capsule 5–8 mm long, oval, densely hairy. Fl. IV–VI, fr. V–VII. Insect pollination. Reproduction by seeds^[1].

Habitat

On dry, grassy places, pastures, scrub and sparse oak forests. Subpopulations consist of single, scattered individuals. The reproductive potential of the populations is very low^[2].

Distribution in Bulgaria

Black Sea coast (southern – between Ahtopol town and Rezovo village), Strandzha Mts (near Brodilovo village and Uzunbudzhak Strict Nature Reserve); from sea level up to 100 m alt^[3]. It was found by us near of Kosti village^[4].

References

[1] Chavdar Gussev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

[2] Chavdar Gussev, 2015.

[3] Chavdar Gussev, 2015.

[4] K. Metodiev - 2020.

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