Verbascum chaixii

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Verbascum}}

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|image=Verbascum chaixii 'Sixten Candles' 1.JPG

|image_caption='Sixteen Candles' cultivar

|image2=Verbascum chaixii 'Sixten Candles' 3.JPG

|image2_caption=Close up of flower

|genus=Verbascum

|species=chaixii

|authority=Vill.Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 22 (1779)

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Verbascum chaixii, the nettle-leaved mullein, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Verbascum, native to Spain, France, Italy (including Sicily), the former Yugoslavia, and Greece.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:810912-1 |title=Verbascum chaixii Vill. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 December 2020 }} It is considered a good plant to attract pollinators.{{cite web |title=Verbascum chaixii nettle-leaved mullein |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/25524/i-Verbascum-chaixii-i/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=28 December 2020 }} With Verbascum bombyciferum it is a parent of the 'Pink Domino' cultivar, which has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |title=Verbascum (Cotswold Group) 'Pink Domino' mullein 'Pink Domino' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/96442/Verbascum-(Cotswold-Group)-Pink-Domino/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=28 December 2020 |quote=Synonyms; Verbascum bombyciferum 'Pink Domino' Verbascum chaixii 'Pink Domino' }}