{"id":14687,"date":"2018-08-16T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T13:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/mullein\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T11:46:16","slug":"mullein","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/mullein\/","title":{"rendered":"Mullein"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_id=”topentry” el_class=”topentry”]Mullein – there are over 250 different species, all part of the figwort family. The plant is native to Europe and Asia. Around the Mediterranean, you will find them in abundance.
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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”837″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” style=”vc_box_rounded” onclick=”img_link_large”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1649262190576{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt” el_id=”entrytxt”]Mullein<\/strong> (Verbascum)<\/em>. There are over 250 different species, all of them part of the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)<\/em>. The plant is native to Europe and Asia. Around the Mediterranean, you will find them in abundance. Mulleins are host plants<\/a> for, among others: the translucent pearl (Paratalanta hyalinalis)<\/em>, the striped lychnis (Shargacucullia lychnitis)<\/em> and the water betony (Shargacucullia scrophulariae)<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”entrytxt” el_id=”entrytxt”]Mullein is not poisonous; it is used as a cough medicine. The seeds of some species are used in fishing because the seeds are believed to be poisonous for fish; In the United States, the use of mullein seeds for fishing is prohibited.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Bugs” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1532164328547{background-color: #585858 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt”]<\/p>\n

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Mullein with caterpillars Mullein moth<\/a> – Photo: Jacques Koek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crested torch: Mullein moth (Cucullia verbasci)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Powdery mildew<\/a>, photo: Dolf Siebert – www.dolfsiebert.nl<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

White spots on the leaves: powdery mildew (Ascomycete strain)<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1532102799994{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Other” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1532164377225{background-color: #585858 !important;}”][vc_column_text el_id=”entrytxt” el_class=”entrytxt”][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"encyclopedia-category":[667],"encyclopedia-tag":[],"class_list":["post-14687","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-category-ornamental-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/14687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14687"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=14687"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=14687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}