Verbascum chaixii ‘Album’

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Verbascum chaixii 'Album'

Family: (Scrophulariaceae)

(P) to 4′.  White Nettle-leaved Mullein.  Europe and Russia.  A white-flowered form of the classic yellow Verbascum chaixii.  Attractive, grey-green, felted, and corrugated leaves form large basal rosettes from which rise spire-like terminal racemes.  The racemes are densely packed with five-lobed, one-inch, white flowers sporting showy purple-red filaments and orange anthers.  Long blooming and very versatile.  Mid-summer. Sun.  4 & T1