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Verbascum boerhavii, the annual mullein, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Spain (including the Balearic Islands), France (including Corsica), and Italy. It has been traditionally used as a treatment for haemorrhoids. It contains the phenylpropanoid glycoside poliumoside, which has an affinity for metalloproteinases.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Annual mullein being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Verbascum rotundifolium
- Verbascum simplex
- Verbascum formosum
- Verbascum pulverulentum
- Verbascum macrurum
- Verbascum spectabile
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Verbascum
- Species
- Verbascum boerhavii
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