Common Mullein

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Scientific Name: Verbascum thapsus
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Description: Erect, woolly stem with a tightly packed, spike-like cluster of yellow flowers and white-woolly leaves
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, waste places
Range: Eastern North America
Comments: None.

Source: National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region
Photograph: Used with permission from Patrick Alexander.