Verbascum thapsus

woolly mullein.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 21/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Mount Dick, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 09/01/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 24/02/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

woolly mullein, common mullein

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Authority

Verbascum thapsus L.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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VERTHA

Habitat

Roadsides, waste places, pasture.

Features

Leaves are greyish with soft, velvety hairs.

Flower colours

Yellow

Year naturalised

1867

Origin

Europe, W. Asia

Life Cycle Comments
Biennial

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