Scrophulariaceae FAMILY
Verbascum nigrum
Verbascum nigrum
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Verbascum nigrum is a Biennial/Perennial up to 1.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Spain, Siberia, Macedonia, Caucasus.
HabitatWaysides and open habitats on banks etc, usually on dry calcareous soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].