Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. January 2018. Scientific name: Verbascum thapsus L. Common name(s): common mullein, great mullein Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose “view image”)
early May
leaf detail
young plants
last year’s flower/seed spike persists over winter
