Great Mullein ( Verbascum thapsus )

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Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort)

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A robust biennial, Favouring dry, grassy places, roadside verges and waste ground,.covered in white woolly hairs. Basal leaves are elliptical and up to 50 cm long; they form a rosette in the first year. Stem leaves have stalks running down to winged stems. Flowers are 12 - 35 mm across and comprise of five yellow lobes; borne in dense, usually unbranched spikes . Flowering June _ August. Up to 2 m tall.