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Moth Mullein
Verbascum blattaria
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
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Flowers yellow or white; the 5 fertile stamens w woolly purple filaments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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The terminal raceme is long and loose with a single flower at each node, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Hairs of the calyx & upper stem simple & glandular; pedicels longer than calyx, per Weakley's Flora.
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Cauline leaves glabrous, crenulate to dentate-serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Wand Mullein, Twiggy Mullein, Moth Mullein
Verbascum virgatum
Look for it in sandhills, sandy disturbed areas, roadsides
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Leaves may be hairy or may not [vs. leaves of V. blattaria glabrous], per www.CalFlora.net.
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Cauline leaves are lanceolate, crenate and sessile, per www.CalFlora.net.
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If you see multiple flowers [fruit] per node, it is virgatum not blattaria, per www.CalFlora.net.
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Glandular hairs dense on the leaves and on the stems, per Weakley's Flora.
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Pedicels 1-3mm long, shorter than the calyx [vs. V. blattaria longer], per Weakley's Flora.
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The fuzzy stamens resemble a moth's antennae, hence one common name, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
Woolly Mullein, Common Mullein, Flannel-plant, Velvet-plant
Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
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Leaves densely woolly hairy, in a basal rosette & alternate spiral on stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Inflorescence dense and spike-like (at least initially), per Weakley's Flora.
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Leaves sessile, decurrent down the stem to the next leaf, per Weakley's Flora.
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Corolla yellow and 5-lobed, 15-25mm wide, within woolly 5-lobed sepals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.