great mullein
common mullein
verbascum thapsus latin

Great Mullein has been used since ancient times as a remedy for skin, throat and breathing ailments.

Great Mullein is a biennial and generally requires winter dormancy before it can flower.

European reference books call it "Great mullein".

Great Mullein rarely establishes on new grounds without human intervention because its seeds do not disperse very far.

Great Mullein most frequently grows as a colonist of bare and disturbed soil, usually on sandy or chalky ones.

One species, Verbascum thapsus (Great mullein), is used as a herbal remedy for sore throat, cough, and lung diseases.

Great Mullein was linked to witches, although the relationship remained generally ambiguous, and the plant was also widely held to ward off curses and evil spirits.

Useful insects are also hosted by Great Mullein, including predatory mites of the Galendromus, Typhlodromus and Amblyseius genera, the minute pirate bug Orius tristicolor and the mullein plant bug (Campylomma verbasci).

Because it cannot compete with established plants, Great Mullein is no longer considered a serious agricultural weed and is easily crowded out in cultivation, except in areas where vegetation is sparse to begin with, such as Californian semi-desertic areas of the Eastern Sierra Nevada.

Biological activity of common mullein, a medicinal plant.

And the common mullein by the mailbox.

The common mullein, Verbascum thapsus, came to this country as a cure for throat and lung problems.

Adults consume flowers among of which are the Common Mullein, daisies, and sunflowers.

Among the rich variety of grassy species most typical are the common mullein, toad flax, and ribwort.

In the winter they are less interesting than the skeletal sumac in the fence row, or the towering seed head of the common mullein.

This is not to be confused with the more popular and widely known "common mullein" (Verbascum thapsus), a close relative of V. blattari.

Verbascum thapsus (common mullein), A poultice of powdered root is applied to sores, rashes and skin infections.

Summer and fall wildflowers include Queen Anne's lace, yarrow, teasel, evening primrose and common mullein.

Itchy Mullein Q. I recently touched a common mullein and soon had small itching blisters on my arm.

(Cattail), Verbascum thapsus (Common mullein)

Mullein or "Mullein leaf" often refers to the leaves of Verbascum thapsus, the great or common mullein, which is frequently used in herbal medicine.

In North America, "Common mullein" is used while western United States residents commonly refer to mullein as "Cowboy Toilet Paper".

I HAVE always loved the common mullein, Verbascum thapsis, since I first saw it in cow pastures and along the roadsides where I grew up in Maryland.

Some grow as low shrubs on limestone cliffs; others, like the common mullein, which has naturalized in America, have such tall, sturdy stalks that the Romans dipped them in tallow and lighted them for torches.

Russian Olive, Buffelgrass, and Common Mullein are not as destructive as Salt Cedar Tree, but these invasive plants aggressively expand and reproduce at rapid rates to destroy or push out native species.

The common mullein, Verbascum thapsus, came to this country as a cure for throat and lung problems.

The larvae feed on Teucrium scorodonia and Verbascum thapsus.

Verbascum thapsus (I)

This is not to be confused with the more popular and widely known "common mullein" (Verbascum thapsus), a close relative of V. blattari.

One species, Verbascum thapsus (Great mullein), is used as a herbal remedy for sore throat, cough, and lung diseases.

The English, for instance, called mullein (Verbascum thapsus) the candlewick plant because its downy leaves and stems ignite so easily.

(Cattail), Verbascum thapsus (Common mullein)

For the purpose of botanical nomenclature, Verbascum thapsus was first described by Carolus Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum.

Verbascum thapsus (bullock's lungwort, cow's lungwort, clown's lungwort)

Adults have been found year-round in Missouri, sometimes while hibernating in clumps of grass or under bark or the leaves of mullein (Verbascum thapsus).

Verbascum thapsus (Great or Common Mullein) is a species of mullein native to Europe, northern Africa and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia.

The larvae feed on Scrophularia umbrosa, Scrophularia nodosa, Scrophularia auriculata, Scrophularia canina, Verbascum lychnitis and Verbascum thapsus.

The larvae feed on Verbascum species (including Verbascum lychnites, Verbascum thapsus and Verbascum nigrum), Scrophularia canina and possibly Astragalus ponticus.

Besides the orchids grow chelidonium, common bluebell, cornflower, the carnivorous Drosera rotundifolia, equisetum, Gentiana pneumonanthe, geum, honeysuckle, mentha, Papaver rhoeas, Polygonatum multiflorum and Verbascum thapsus.

E. ictericus lives in damp situations, on Carex comosa, Iris versicolor, Nymphaea odorata, Saururus cernuus, willows, Carduus horridulum, Heracleum maximum, Cuscuta, Glycine max, Vicia faba, Verbascum thapsus, Juncus, Perillus frutescens, polygonum densiflorum and Persicaria punctata.