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Common Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

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30.0965, -98.4125

Field Notes

Description:

Hairy leaves form rosette in first year, produce a single stem in the second year which can have leaves all the way up and end in a dense spike of yellow flowers. The entire plant is usually covered in the "velvet."

Habitat:

Grows best in dry, sandy or gravelly soils. Able to grow in a wide range of habitats.

Notes:

Classified as a noxious weed. Also known as Cowboy Toilet Paper, blanket mullein, woolly mullein, ice leaf, hare's beard, adam's rod, and many more.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Doryann-singer
It grows in Texas too. Sometimes known as Cowboy Toilet Paper.
Aarongunnar
it looks like mullein (Verbascum thapsus), but I'm not familiar with TX wildflowers, so it is possible it is something else.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2011

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