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Common Name: White Mullein
Verbascum lychnitis is a Biennial up to 1.00 metres tall.
It has miscellaneous uses.
Europe, including Britain, from Belgium south and east to Spain, Greece, Siberia and Caucasus.
Waste places and calcareous banks on dry soils[
|Pollinators||Flies, Lepidoptera, Self
An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most well-drained soils, including dry ones, preferring a sunny position[
]. Dislikes shade and wet soils[
]. Thrives on chalk[
]. Prefers a light soil[
Hybridizes with other members of this genus, though the progeny are usually sterile[
Flower heads are used as a mouse and rat repellent in fruit stores etc[
Seed - sow late spring to early summer in a cold frame and only just cover the seed[
]. Germination usually takes place within 2 - 3 weeks. When they are large enough to handle, prick out the seedlings into individual pots and plant them out in late summer. The seed has a long viability[