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[[File:Starr 040723-0030 Verbascum thapsus.jpg|thumb|right|''Verbascum thapsus'']]
'''Verbascum thapsus''' is a species of mullein native to Europe, northern Africa, and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Bronchitis}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Whooping cough}}, {{Uses|Insomnia}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Flowers}}, {{Parts Used|RootRoots}}
==Chemical Composition==
The flowers contain gum, resin, a yellow colouring principle, a green fatty matter (a sort of chlorophyll), a glucoside, an acrid, fatty matter; free acid and phosphoric acid; uncrystallizable sugar.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|The leaves are lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5|the The flower is bilaterally symmetrical}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|General|7–10 mm|the The fruit is dry and splits open when ripe||-}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
Typical growing conditions are full sun and mesic to dry soil that often contains clay or stony material. The foliage is little bothered by pests and disease, although some of the lower leaves may wither away during a drought. The seeds can lie dormant in the soil for several decades and remain capable of germination.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/m/mulgre63.html "chemical Chemical constituents"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/verbascum/thapsus/ "plant Plant Characteristics"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/great_mullein.htm "cultivation html Cultivation details"]</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Scrophulariaceae]]
