Verbascum tomentosum Lamarck (1779: 260), nom. illeg.

(published as a replacement name for the earlier V. phlomoides Linnaeus [1753: 1194]).

Lectotype (designated by Fischer 1997: 115):— COUNTRY UNKNOWN. “ Habitat in Europa australi. D. Monti “, date unknown, Herb. Burser XIII: 125 (UPS) .