There are 21 Verbascum species in Iraq:
1- V. orientale (L.) All.
2- V. agrimoniifolium (C. KOCH) HUB.-MoR.
3- V. bornmuellerianum HUB.-MoR.
4- V. macrocarpum BOlSS.
5- V. oreophilum C. KOCH
6- V. assurense BORNM. & HAND.-MZT.
7- V. alceoides BOISS. & HAUSSKN.
8- V. pseudo-digitalis NAB.
9- V. alepense BENTH.
10- V. laetum BOISS. & HAUSSKN.
11- V. arbelense BORNM.
12- V. Carduchorum BORNM.
13- V. phyllostachyum BOISS. & HAUSSKN.
14- V. songaricum SCHRENK ex FISCH. & c. A. MEY.
15- V. speciosum SCHRAD.
16. V. cheiranthifolium BOISS.
17- V. kurdicum HUB.-MoR.
18- V. geminiflorum HOCHST.
19- V. Haussknechtionum HUB.-MoR.
20- V. Froedinii MURB.
21- V. racemiferum BOISS. & HAUSSKN.