Verbascum L.
Hairs on the filaments white. Corolla up to 30 mm diam., in a large dense raceme. Cauline leaves obovate to elliptic, up to 15 cm long; the margins decurrent, forming conspicuous wings on the stem. The whole plant covered with a dense white stellate tomentum. Widespread. Waste places. Introd. from Europe. Fl. spring–summer. Aaron’s Rod Verbascum thapsusthapsus
Hairs on the filaments purplish. Glabrous to sparsely hairy plants except for the glandular hairy inflorescence. Leaf margins decurrent only as lines or low ridges on the stems