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Moth Mullein [Verbascum blattaria]

Flower      

Common Name: Moth Mullein
Scientic Name: Verbascum blattaria
Colors: Yellow
Months Appearing: October

Biennial, Non-native. Up to 5 feet tall. See September. White forms not uncommon.

Flower  is 1 inch diameter in a raceme.  Five fused petals. 5 reddish-purple stamens  with orange tips. 

Leaves: First year in basal rosette. Second year,  clasping stem, stalkless..

Sun, disturbeed  soil, fields. White Pine Trail State Park, Big Rapids, MI, September 30, 3999