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Verbascum thapsus

Verbascum thapsus
Photographer: Mark A. Dimmitt
ID: ASDM15385
Copyright: © 1993 ASDM
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Date: October 1993
Location: Barfoot meadow, Chiricahua Mts, AZ
Scientific Name: Verbascum thapsus
English Name: common mullein
Spanish Name: barbasco

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Also pictured in this image: Coniferous Forest - Rocky Mountain, Grassland - Montane Meadow
This species is not native to the Sonoran Desert region, but has been included for comparitive purposes.

Scrophulariaceae (snapdragon family)

This family numbers 4500 species worldwide and includes snapdragons, penstemons, monkeyflowers, owl clover, and Texas ranger. They are a northern (temperate) component of the Sonoran Desert flora; most species respond to the winter rains.

— Mark A. Dimmitt,
A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (ASDM Press, 2000)