velvet plant

1. Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers (synset 112909666)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • moth mullein, verbascum blattaria - European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
   • verbascum lychnitis, white mullein - densely hairy Eurasian herb with racemose white flowers; naturalized in North America
   • purple mullein, verbascum phoeniceum - Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
   • aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, torch, verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein - tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
   belongs to: genus verbascum, verbascum - genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
   same as: flannel leaf, mullein
2. Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs (synset 111995723)
   is a type of: houseplant - any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes
   belongs to: genus gynura, gynura - genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants
   same as: gynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant

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