botanical record · discovered
Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Mullein · Velvetplant · Flannelleaf · Flannelplant · Great Mullein · Aaron's rod · Aaron's-rod · Adi sığırkuyruğu · Artengruppe Kleinblütige Königskerze · Ayıqulaq sığırquyruğu · Big Taper · Blaisan · Blanketweed · Blewog · Bouillon blanc · Burunca · Bįįhyiljáa’í · Cachapeiro
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, Turkey, India, Eurasia, US(Amerindian), Europe, Dominican Republic, US(Appalachia)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Ear), Alterative, Anodyne, Aphrodisiac
Science studied: AJUGOL, ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, CALCIUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Scientific name: Verbascum thapsus
Common names: Mullein, Velvetplant, Flannelleaf, Flannelplant, Great Mullein, Aaron's rod, Aaron's-rod, Adi sığırkuyruğu, Artengruppe Kleinblütige Königskerze, Ayıqulaq sığırquyruğu, Big Taper, Blaisan, Blanketweed, Blewog, Bouillon blanc, Burunca, Bįįhyiljáa’í, Cachapeiro
History
The source record documents this plant in US, Turkey, India, Eurasia, Elsewhere, US(Amerindian), Europe, Dominican Republic and 7 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Ear)
- Alterative
- Anodyne
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Baldness
- Bruise
- Catarrh
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- Chest
- Cold
- Congestion
- Cough
- Dandruff
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea(Veterinary)
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emollient
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Fumitory
- Inflammation
- Lung
- Malaria
- Medicine
- Mucous
- Narcotic
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Piscicide
- Spasm
- Sudorific
- Tumor
- Vulnerary
- Astringent
- Cardiotonic
- Ear
- Frostbite
- Poultice
- Shampoo
- Sore(Throat)
- Sunburn
- Bronchitis
- Cramp
- Hairblack
- Lung(Veterinary)
- Migraine
- Ringworm
- Antiseptic
- Croup
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- Turkey
- India
- Eurasia
- Elsewhere
- US(Amerindian)
- Europe
- Dominican Republic
- US(Appalachia)
- US(Colonial)
- Haiti
- Spain
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- Chile
- US(Flathead)
- US(Potawatomi)
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Ear)
- Alterative
- Anodyne
- Aphrodisiac
- Asthma
- Baldness
- Bruise
- Catarrh
- Chest
- Cold
- Congestion
- Cough
show 38 more documented entries
- Dandruff
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea(Veterinary)
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emollient
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Fumitory
- Inflammation
- Lung
- Malaria
- Medicine
- Mucous
- Narcotic
- Pectoral
- Piles
- Piscicide
- Spasm
- Sudorific
- Tumor
- Vulnerary
- Astringent
- Cardiotonic
- Ear
- Frostbite
- Poultice
- Shampoo
- Sore(Throat)
- Sunburn
- Bronchitis
- Cramp
- Hairblack
- Lung(Veterinary)
- Migraine
- Ringworm
- Antiseptic
- Croup
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Phytochemical Profiling and Antifungal Activity of Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) Tissue Oils. · 2026 source ↗
- Assembly and comparative analysis of the initial complete mitochondrial genome of Verbascum thapsus (Scrophulariaceae): a medicinally and ecologically significant species. · 2026 source ↗
- Metabolic Profiling, Antioxidant, and Antibacterial Potential of Himalayan Verbascum thapsus L. · 2025 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- AJUGOL
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHROMIUM
- COBALT
- CROCETIN
- FIBER
- HEPTAOSE
- KILOCALORIES
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MUCILAGE
- NIACIN
- NONAOSE
- POTASSIUM
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- PROTEIN
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- STEARIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- TIN
- VERBASTEROL
- FAT
- IRON
- MANGANESE
- OCTAOSE
- PHOSPHORUS
- RIBOFLAVIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- AUCUBIN
- BETA-CAROTENE
- COUMARIN
- HESPERIDIN
- MAGNESIUM
- OLEIC-ACID
- SAPONINS
- SODIUM
- THAPSIC-ACID
- VERBASCOSIDE
- WATER
- ZINC
- ALUMINUM
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- THIAMINE
- ROTENONE
- VERBASCOSE
- CATALPOL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- AJUGOL-ACETATE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ALPHA-SPINASTEROL
- ARABINOGALACTAN
- ARACHIDIC-ACID
- ARENARIOSIDE
- AUCUBIN-6-GLUCOSIDE
- AUCUBIN-6-XYLOSIDE
- BEHENIC-ACID
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- BETA-AMYRIN
- CAMPESTEROL
- DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-D
- DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-E
- DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-F
- DEHYDRO-DICONIFERYL-GLUCOSIDE-G
- ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE
- FORSYTHOSIDE-B
- FUNGISTEROL
- HARPAGIDE
- HARPAGIDE-ACETATE
- HARPAGOSIDE
- HYDROXYTHAPSUINE-A
- HYDROXYTHAPSUINE-B
- ISORHAMNETIN
- LATERIOSIDE
- LEUCOSCEPTOSIDE-B
- LUPEOL
- OLEANA-11,13(18)-DIEN-3-BETA-23,28-TRIOL
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- SAIKOGENIN-A
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCROSE
- TARAXASTEROL
- THAPSUINE-A
- THAPSUINE-B
- VERATRIC-ACID
- VERBACOSIDE
- VERBASCOSAPONIN
- VERBASCUM-LIGNAN-GLYCOSIDE-13
- VERBASCUM-PHENYLETHANOID-GLYCOSIDE
- XYLOGLUCAN
- 6-O-(P-HYDROXY-BENZOYL)-AJUGOL
- 6-O-SYRINGOYL-AJUGOL
- 6-O-VANILLOYL-AJUGOL
- 6-O-BETA-XYLOXYL-AUCUBIN
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-FERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-ISOFERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL-4''-O-ACETYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2''-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL-3''-O-ACETYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-ISOFERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3,3,4-DIEMTHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4''-FERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4''-O-P-COUMAROYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4''-O-P-METHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(4-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-ISOFERULOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- 6-O-(ALPHA-L-(2,3,4-DIMETHOXY-CINNAMOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL)-CATALPOL
- CATALPOL-6-O-(ALPHA-L-(3''-O-CAFFEOYL)-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL
- 3-ALPHA-HYDROXYDRIMMANYL-8-METHANOATE
- 3,5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXY-FLAVONE
- 5-ETHOXY-METHYL-FURFURAL
- 28-NOR-OLEANA-12,17-DIEN-3-BETA-23-DIOL
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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