Just walking my path at home today, but I hadn't realized how many common mullein plants, Verbascum thapsus, are growing up in one area.
![common mullein](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EAbFljw08hMHRCmnpu2oq92W6utjoq0g-lhCVTnofnGVlivfuM7ZfQ2Mv0uBcjyptTCxc8yJO-0BIcCgo4-PZ_nsx2PgaKeyhzSWM9aZwB4dBaI7thJKbNFQxVH_asN863IEboEXslo/s1600/mulleincommon02.jpg)
I think the seed pods are more interesting than the flowers.
![common mullein](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUlGJ9w8rpUBSO26t0W1N2ODxQ9lYTZFnSRfK7F0qU6EGPI7YjEXF8U2rnFUtklnQyH-HQ1yz2a2TBfcM9vu1qCVQHm6YBenzrDUC9e0pZ5v0SpCPyM2pZOHiYB5O9KVZD2wj-w7TyDU/s1600/mulleincommon03.jpg)
And those big velvety leaves still look soft, even when they are droopy, dry and crunchy.
![common mullein](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8UJ9xPn5l9-LAiQRoNCb9saB-rQiUHpeIHaNpjdzF0lPjc6iTDrLN8Cuopa6wIyiyyydHcq_lwFjCisxnqvj2pf-q8VP6tHUsKPbw7lWixaZ7_V0MiVGJTpNQ9PdgnyMrmJIYQqU7RI/s1600/mulleincommon04.jpg)
It's a biennial, and nearby are the leaves for next year's flowering stalks.
![common mullein](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZlaHj2xYZZYziqgT4hyphenhyphenKwBde96YdD2HkqKOccO4dsME9hyo8Q9j9UlhSg77aXcQqgY0RifAzeGfmavBHItLQlajS_IyaCPzNT_kKW54l14bV4XPL6THu9c_9cUKigfR7hJaXwfYspJ4/s1600/mulleincommon05.jpg)
I'm off to work in about an hour.
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3 comments:
Love that first pic! I always did like mullein. It looks very interesting, but then most plants do.
Always a few Mullein around our meadow here.
I like mullein with the velvet leaves and. The great spikes. I have never seen such a forest, though. Cool.
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