Minnesota Seasons - common mullein


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Verbascum thapsus

Taxonomy	Family:	Scrophulariaceae (figwort)
	Tribe:	Scrophularieae

Nativity	Native of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Introduced and naturalized in the United States.
Status	Common
Habitat	Disturbed sites
Flowering	June to October
Flower Color	Yellow
Height	1′ to 6′

Identification	This is a biennial. In the first year it produces a basal rosette of large fuzzy leaves. The tall flower stalk developes in the second year.

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Beaver Creek Valley State Park Big Stone NWR Black Dog Nature Preserve SNA Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Blue Mounds State Park Boot Lake SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA Cannon Wilderness Woods Carley State Park Carver Park Reserve Cedar Creek Natural History Area Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Cherry Grove Blind Valley SNA Clear Lake SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Elm Creek Park Reserve Falls Creek SNA Flandrau State Park Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Fort Snelling State Park Glacial Lakes State Park Great River Bluffs State Park Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler Sanctuary Hastings Sand Coulee SNA Holthe Prairie SNA Iron Horse Prairie SNA John A. Latsch State Park Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Weaver Dunes Unit Lake Bemidji State Park Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Louise State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lebanon Hills Regional Park Long Meadow Lake Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Miesville Ravine Park Reserve Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Mound Prairie SNA Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Myre-Big Island State Park Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary Old Mill State Park Ordway Prairie Oronoco Prairie SNA Ottawa Bluffs Preserve Partch Woods SNA Pigeon River Cliffs Pin Oak Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Racine Prairie SNA Red Rock Prairie Regal Meadow Rice Lake Savanna SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA St. Croix Savanna SNA Sibley State Park Spring Creek Prairie SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Whitewater State Park Wild River State Park Yellow Bank Hills SNA

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Synonyms

Common Names	Aaron’s-rod beggar’s blanket big taper candlewick plant common mullein flannel mullein flannel plant flannelleaf great mullein hag taper mullein torches velvet dock velvet plant woolly mullein