General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 6 feet
Flower Color: Yellow
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Eating Methods: Tea
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Mg (Magnesium)
S (Sulfur)
Fe (Iron)
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Hoverflies
Wasps
Birds
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Mullein
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Verbascum x spurium
  • Synonym: Verbascum x thapsi

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Credit NPS
Location: Nosterfield Nature Reserve North Yorkshire
Date: 2020-01-16
Frost sparkled on the foliage, sunny morning in winter
Location: Central Texas
Date: 2016-01-09

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