| Scientific Name: | Verbascum nigrum |
| Common Name: | dark mullein |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pubescent, Oblong, Ovate, Crenate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves dark green, very rugose, margin scalloped, petiole reddish; flowers bright yellow on a tall raceme. | |