GREAT MULLEIN

Class: Verbascum thapsus

Family: FIGWORT FAMILY

Sub Family: Scrophulariaceae

Year: Biennial

Other Names: Common Mullein, Beggar's Blanket, Flannel-plant

Colour: Pale yellow

Height: 30 cm-1.8 m (2-6')

Each Flower: Up to 4 cm (1 1/2") across with 5 rounded petals almost fringed at margins; 5 stamens, upper 3 short, curled and covered with downy hairs, lower 2 almost as long as lower petal; calyx pale green and 5-pointed

Leaves: Flannelly and whitish-green due to fine woolly hairs; basal leaves in a rosette, large lance-shaped, broad end outermost and tapering into stalk, blade up to 30 cm (12") long and 13 cm (5") wide; stem-leaves stalkless, becoming progressively smaller up stem and clasping

Stems: Unbranched, thick, and woody, becoming very downy above

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Roadsides and waste ground

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