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Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Common mullein leaves are grayish with soft, velvety hairs. The plant is a biennial, living for two years. In its first year, it grows leaves in a basal rosette (see the bottom photo).
BACKGROUND: Common mullein is a monocarpic perennial (i.e., takes two or more years to flower and die).
120 (170)cm, Common Mullein is a biannual species with white pubescent leaves in a dense basal rosette and a tall, usually unbranching, candle-like spike covered with numerous large bright yellow and fragrant flowers.
Flannel Mullein, Common Mullein, Mullein,Flannel
Species:
Verbascum thapsus ...
Common Mullein [English]: Verbascum thapsus
Common Mullein [English]: Verbascum thapsus thapsus
Common Mullen [English]: Verbascum thapsus
Common Mullen [English]: Verbascum thapsus thapsus
Common Myrtle [English]: Myrtus communis ...
thapsus, common mullein or flannel plant, has made itself at home throughout the land.
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)
Downy brome (Bromus tectorum)
Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus)
Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) ...
Seeds of Common Mullein can remain viable in the soil for hundreds of years and seeds that become deeply buried may germanate when exposed by excavation or errosion.
The common mullein (V. thapsus), also called flannel plant and torches, was formerly a favorite multipurpose medicinal plant; it is still occasionally used for domestic remedies, e.g., as a tea for coughs.
Aaron's rod, big taper, blanket weed, blanket-leaf, candle-wick, candlewick, common mullein, devil's-tobacco, flannel leaf, flannel leaved mullein, flannel plant, flannel-leaf, flannelleaf, flannelplant, great mullein, hag taper, hedge taper, iceleaf, ...
when it was time to move the Tabernackle, & Moses often bore Aaron's staff, as when he used it to draw water from a rock called Miriam's Well. To English-speaking gardeners, these legends of the staff would be associated with the common mullein, ...
 See also: Mullein, Verbascum, Green, May, Medic
  
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