Verbascum pyramidatum M Bieb. x V. thapsus L.
First record: GMS Easy, 1976
This hybrid tends to be perennial, but is less hardy and less likely to persist. Occurs where parent species grow in close proximity.
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Newnham College, ? originally planted, GMS Easy, 21.7.1981,1987.
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Rsv, Milton, present where planted (from garden raised hybrid in c. 1975), 473.632 etc. GMS Easy, 1996; now lost, GMS Easy, 2002.
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2 plants with several spikes, old railway, Burwell (near S. otites), 583.655, GMS Easy, 1.8.1977, NCR, Wats.13(2):139; [BSBI News 19:21 & cover illustration.]
Old railway between Devil's Ditch and Reach Road bridge, frequent with both parents, conf. GMS Easy, Cttee Walk, 13.7.1989.
11 hybrids, old railway between Reach and Burwell, 584.655, 572.651, GMS Easy, 29.7.1991.
c. 50 plants mostly on northern embankment, 'Burwell' railway cutting, MJ O'Leary, 1993, [R].
51 fl. spikes along old railway, Burwell, 580.655–576.653, GMS Easy, 3.7.1996.
4, old railway line, Swaffham Prior–Burwell, 573.651–580.655, GMS Easy, 14.7.2001.
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Waste ground, Fordham, 618.715, one plant with both parents, GMS Easy, 21.8.1976, (First British Record) NCR, Wats.13(2)139; & GMS Easy, (with G Crompton),1977.
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Kentford, 705.686, GMS Easy, n.d.; not found, GMS Easy, 2001.
