Family: Figwort alien
Season: summer-fall
(July-96; Fisher Settlement Rd.)
(Aug-96; railbed in West Danby)
Common Mullein
A tall spike of flowers found in dry waste places, fields, roadsides, railbeds, etc. Yellow flowers bloom up a tall spike (4-8'). Large, wooly, oblong leaves -- sometimes called Lamb's Ears. Foliage often winters-through to next year.