Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus

Other Common Names:  Woolly Mullein, flannel mullein, candlewick
Bloom period: June - September
Bloom Color: Yellow

Wildlife Value Score:  3
Seed Availability:  3
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This non-native can be found in dry to moderately moist, particularly sandy, soils; disturbed sites, floodplains, overgrazed pastures, roadsides. It is mostly useless as forage alothough elk have been observed eating dried the dried leaves. Romans dipped the flowering spikes in grease and used them as torches.  Early settlers used the leaves for insulation in their stockings and shoes