*Verbascum thapsus* L. [image: Verbascum thapsus L.] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109820569>
*ver-BASK-um* -- corruption of the Latin *barbascum*, meaning with a beard ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> *THAP-sus* -- of or from an ancient village Thapsus, in Sicily ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> *commonly known as*: Aaron's rod, Adam's flannel, beggar's blanket, candlewick plant, cow's lungwort, flannel mullein, flannel plant, great mullein, hag's taper, Jupiter's staff, velvet dock, velvet plant, woolly mullein • *Dogri*: गीदड़ तम्बाकू gidad tambaku, सुट्ट तम्हाकू sutt tamhaku • *Hindi*: बन तम्बाकू ban tambaku, गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku, ककड़ी तमाखू kakri tamakhu • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu • *Kashmiri*: फूल् phul • *Nepali*: बाँदर पुच्छ्रे baandar puchchhre, गुना पुच्छर guna puchchhar, गुन्ठो guntho • *Pahari*: बन तमाकू ban tamaku, गद्दी तमाकू gaddi tamaku, गिदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku, जंगली तंबाखू jungli tumbakhu, लांकड़ा lankda, फूल्ला phulla • *Punjabi*: ਏਕਲਬੀਰ ekalbir, ਗਿੱਦਡ਼ ਤਮਾਕ੍ਕੂ giddar tamakku, ਫਸਰੂਕ phasruk, ਰੇਉਂਦ reund • *Rajasthani*: गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku • *Urdu*: جنگلي تماکو jangli tamaku *botanical names*: *Verbascum thapsus* L. ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Verbascum spectabile* Salisb. ... *accepted infraspecific*: *Verbascum thapsus* subsp. *thapsus* ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 16 January 2025 Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *Aaron's rod* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/ce04b13b14146dac8440c7c594213764/c092cc74714f7e4673540ddad5382541> - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus> - The Free Encyclopedia *Adam's flannel, flannel plant* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/ce04b13b14146dac8440c7c594213764/c092cc74714f7e4673540ddad5382541> *beggar's blanket, candlewick plant, flannel mullein, hag's taper, Jupiter's staff, velvet dock, velvet plant, woolly mullein* - Ved Prakash - Studies on the ethnobotany of Shikari Devi Sanctuary and Kamrunag Hills, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/128469/19/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga *cow's lungwort* - The Useful Plants of India <https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126090/page/n683/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Verbascum>, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR *great mullein (or greater mullein)* - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus> - The Free Encyclopedia ~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (डोगरी) ... spoken in: *Jammu & Kashmir* ... spoken by the Dogras *गीदड़ तम्बाकू gidad tambaku, सुट्ट तम्हाकू sutt tamhaku* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid037FxnJjGLx1razA7jRxju2kzNxAYULLoZqijUGJ9B2DQHum2niZNQHFDvE8bqQo9jl> ~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: *Delhi*, *Uttar Pradesh*, *Bihar*, *Chhattisgarh*, *Haryana*, *Jharkhand*, *Madhya Pradesh*, Rajasthan, *Uttarakhand* *बन तम्बाकू ban tambaku, गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku* - Ved Prakash - Studies on the ethnobotany of Shikari Devi Sanctuary and Kamrunag Hills, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/128469/19/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga *ककड़ी तमाखू kakri tamakhu* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/ce04b13b14146dac8440c7c594213764/c092cc74714f7e4673540ddad5382541> ~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~ written in: *Kannada* (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: *Karnataka* *ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu* - FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants <https://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/ce04b13b14146dac8440c7c594213764/c092cc74714f7e4673540ddad5382541> ~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~ written in: *Koshur* (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), *Devanagari* (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: *Kashmir* ... other names for this language: Koshur *फूल् phul* - A dictionary of the Kashmiri language <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/grierson/> by George Abraham Grierson ~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (नेपाली) ... spoken in: *Nepal*, *West Bengal*, *Assam*, *Sikkim* *बाँदर पुच्छ्रे baandar puchchhre, गुना पुच्छर guna puchchhar, गुन्ठो guntho* - Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/uXc2zGdb_6g/m/uikRkT76AgAJ> ~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand *बन तमाकू ban tamaku, फूल्ला phulla* - Flora of Shimla <https://hpbiodiversity.gov.in/Pdf/shimla%20forest%20species.pdf> - Himachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Board *गद्दी तमाकू gaddi tamaku* - Flora of Himachal Pradesh <https://hpbiodiversity.gov.in/Pdf/Flora%20of%20HP%20by%20HPFD_compressed.pdf> - Himachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Board *गिदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku* - Plants of Shimla Forest Division <https://hpbiodiversity.gov.in/Pdf/Plants%20of%20Shimla%20forest%20division.pdf> - Himachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Board *जंगली तंबाखू jungli tumbakhu* - Flora of Chamba <https://hpbiodiversity.gov.in/Pdf/Flora%20of%20Chamba.pdf> - Himachal Pradesh State Biodiversity Board *लांकड़ा lankda* - Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with this name ... facebook <https://www.facebook.com/vomprakash/posts/pfbid037FxnJjGLx1razA7jRxju2kzNxAYULLoZqijUGJ9B2DQHum2niZNQHFDvE8bqQo9jl> ~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~ written in: *Gurmukhi* (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: *Punjab* *ਏਕਲਬੀਰ ekalbir, ਗਿੱਦਡ਼ ਤਮਾਕ੍ਕੂ giddar tamakku, ਫਸਰੂਕ phasruk, ਰੇਉਂਦ reund* - The Panjabi dictionary <https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/singh/>. Bhai Maya Singh ~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~ written in: *Devanagari* (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: *Rajasthan* *गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku* - Tripathi, Yogesh & Prabhu, V.V. & Pal, R.S. & Mishra, R.N.. (1996). Medicinal Plants of Rajasthan in Indian System of Medicine. Ancient Science of Life. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224897983> 15. 190-212. ~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~ written in: *Urdu* (اردو) ... spoken in: *Uttar Pradesh*, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka *جنگلي تماکو jangli tamaku* - Ved Prakash - Studies on the ethnobotany of Shikari Devi Sanctuary and Kamrunag Hills, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India <https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/128469/19/10_chapter%204.pdf> - Shodhganga ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, ***Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, ***Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand - Karnataka, Kerala :: Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. <https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=12384&cat=13> Downloaded on 17 January 2025. - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.01; last update January 12th, 2025. Last accessed 16/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 13:57 16-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 13:02 17-01-2025 ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/verbascum-thapsus-l.html Regards. Dinesh On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Names compiled / updated at > https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/01/verbascum-thapsus-l.html > > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Thursday, 17 August 2017 at 10:22:01 UTC+5:30 JM Garg wrote: > >> Thanks, Dinesh ji, for wonderful efforts. >> >> On 17-Aug-2017 12:22 AM, "Dinesh Valke" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> via Species >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species> > V >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/v> > >>> *Verbascum thapsus* L. ... *family*: Scrophulariaceae >>> >>> [image: Verbascum thapsus L.] >>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F6371341135%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH8C65xw2OB51Ll2twk0n3r8IlkmA> >>> >>> >>> [image: Flowers of India] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Frisearch%2Fsearch.php%3Fquery%3DVerbascum%2Bthapsus%26stpos%3D0%26stype%3DAND&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFShyqJI695xb4QE9GA7lXFY16lfQ> >>> [image: Discussions at efloraofindia] >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Verbascum%20thapsus> >>> [image: more views in flickr] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DVerbascumthapsus%26m%3Dtags%26z%3Dm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGfCJqhl-nhZbPCE2Cou3RNtqSYeQ> >>> [image: more views on Google Earth] >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.flickr.com%2Fservices%2Ffeeds%2Fgeo%2Findia%2F%26tags%3DVerbascumthapsus%26format%3Dkml_nl&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF6C-XoYGQwX4pJotiBuplG9QCZZA> >>> >>> >>> *ver-BASK-um* -- corruption of the Latin *barbascum*, meaning with a >>> beard ... Dave's Botanary >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG93Ecd0XYbpgprMul1St6LS_r7lg> >>> *THAP-sus* -- of or from an ancient village Thapsus, in Sicily ... Dave's >>> Botanary >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG93Ecd0XYbpgprMul1St6LS_r7lg> >>> >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: Aaron's rod >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/aaron-s-rod> >>> , common mullein >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/common-mullein> >>> , great mullein >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/great-mullein> >>> • *Hindi*: बन तम्बाकू ban tambaku >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/bana-tambaku-ban-tambaku> >>> , गीदड़ तमाकू gidar tamaku >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/gidara-tamaku-gidar-tamaku> >>> , ककड़ी तमाखू kakri tamakhu >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/hindi/kakari-tamakhu-kakri-tamakhu> >>> • *Kannada*: ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೇಸೊಪ್ಪು kaadu hogesoppu >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kannada/kadu-hogesoppu-kaadu-hogesoppu> >>> • *Kashmiri*: फूल् phul >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/kashmiri/phul-phul> >>> • *Nepali*: बाँदर पुच्छ्रे baandar puchchhre >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/bamdara-pucchre-baandar-puchchhre> >>> , गुना पुच्छर guna puchchhar >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/guna-pucchara-guna-puchchhar> >>> , गुन्ठो guntho >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/nepali/guntho-guntho> >>> • *Punjabi*: ਏਕਲਬੀਰ ekalbir >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/ekalabira-ekalbir> >>> , ਗਿੱਦਡ਼ ਤਮਾਕ੍ਕੂ giddar tamakku >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/gidara-tamakku-giddar-tamakku> >>> , ਰੇਉਂਦ reund >>> <https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/punjabi/re-unda-reund> >>> >>> >>> >>> *botanical names*: *Verbascum thapsus* L. ... *synonyms*: *Verbascum >>> lanatum* Gilib. [Invalid] • *Verbascum simplex* Hoffmanns. & Link ... >>> status at *The Plants List* (2013). Version 1.1. >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theplantlist.org%2Ftpl1.1%2Frecord%2Fkew-2453334&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFiqWxph_YGPobP7xwwtN0Jgjz1PA> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> November 17, 2011 ... 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