Verbascum cystolithicum is a species of flowers in the family Scrophulariaceae.

[1] The species was first described in 1960 by Bror Johan Petterson, who placed it in the genus Celsia.

Arthur Huber-Morath placed it in the Verbascum species in 1973.

[2] Its local name is mato-branco, which may also refer to two other plants.

[3] Verbascum cystolithicum is only found in the mountainous area of the island of Fogo, above 1300 m elevation.