Common Mullein     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Verbascum thapsus
Common Name Synonyms: Giant Mullein


NOTES: Biennial; leaves velvety; flower spike can reach 6 feet tall; seeds line stalk and, once in soil, maintain viability for a hundred years or more. Native to Eurasia and northern Africa.

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Common Mullein
Genus species: Verbascum thapsus
Common Names: Common Mullein
Giant Mullein
Family Name: Scrophulariaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves various; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, bilabiate in some, in various clusters; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Herb Wall
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming.
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