Plant identification
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Vikki
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Can you identify this plant? It's almost like lambs ear, very soft but quite large, about 12 " in diameter.
21 answers
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That's so funny cuz I have these in our new yard in Tennessee and wondered what they were too. Hope we both find out!
BJ
on Sep 05, 2015
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Do you know if this sends up a stalk with yellow flowers?
Janet Pizaro
on Sep 05, 2015
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My father in law called them 'tobacco plants"....of course their not really tobacco plants but he was from Poland and he came up with all kinds of silly things...I'm looking up this plant right now..................be back.
Lyn Therese
on Sep 05, 2015
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Do you think it's a weed or is it something that was planted. Also is it a perennial? What is the exposure you found it in? Looks a little like primrose.
Lilli H
on Sep 05, 2015
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It is called Mullen plant and is classified as a weed. Here in Wisconsin we have these around and they do come back the next year but they also spread seeds and new ones come up.
Lyn Therese
on Sep 05, 2015
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Verbascum thapsus SpeciesVerbascum thapsus is a species of mullein native to Europe, northern Africa, and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia. It is a hairy biennial plant that can grow to 2 meters tall or more. Its small yellow flowers are densely grouped on a tall stem, which grows from a large rosette of leaves. It grows in a wide variety of habitats, but prefers well-lit disturbed soils, where it can appear soon after the ground receives light, from long-lived seeds that persist in the soil seed bank. It is a common weedy plant that spreads by prolifically producing seeds, but it rarely becomes aggressively invasive, since its seeds require open ground to germinate. It is a very minor problem for most agricultural crops, since it is not a very competitive species, being intolerant of shade from other plants and unable to survive tilling. It also hosts many insects, some of which can be harmful to other plants. Although individuals are easy to remove by hand, populations are difficult to eliminate permanently.
Lyn Therese
on Sep 05, 2015
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This plant has herbal uses too. I let them grow in my garden:)).
Leslie
on Sep 06, 2015
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Plantago Major. Broadleaf Plantain.
Hope Williams
on Sep 06, 2015
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Mullin
Sondra Shephard
on Sep 06, 2015
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Mullein is a biennial. The second year it sends up a tall (5-6 ft sometimes) flower stalk. The stalks can be dried and dipped in wax or tallow and used as torches (witches' torches). The hairy leaves have been used as a rubefacient (Quaker's rouge), and the larger basal leaves can be used to wrap food, etc.(shepherd's purse). A plant with much lore surrounding it.
David Peterson
on Sep 06, 2015
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Looks like first year Mullein to me too. It is considered a noxious weed in Colorado. The seeds can lie dormant for decades, so if it blooms the second year, we break the flower spikes off and destroy them. Common mullein, also known as wooly mullein, velvet dock, flannel leaf, Aaron's rod, torch plant, and miner's candle is a member of the figwort family.
Connie
on Sep 06, 2015
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Love this plant. It is not only beautiful, it is a great herbal plant and can be rubbed on rashes, etc. note: Do not fertilize as it does not like any kind of chemicals.
Bonnie
on Sep 06, 2015
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Reminds me of Mullein. Not noxious (in WA) or poisonous. Grows a tall, slender yellow-flowerd spike.
Retired teacher
on Sep 06, 2015
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I have then all over as well and never knew the name.
Janet Pizaro
on Sep 06, 2015
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We called it wild lambs ear, it is a weed. I always liked it and allowed it to grow in my yard in Pennsylvania, I am guessing they are correct about the plant identification and I suppose it grows everywhere I just spotted a plant here in Florida.
Lee Cunningham Green
on Sep 06, 2015
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Definitely looks like mullein. Check it out, great to keep around.
Kathy Wood
on Sep 06, 2015
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Go to www.scottslawnservice.com it will show you all different types of weeds. Or just google weed identifier and click images.
Hope Williams
on Sep 07, 2015
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it is mullein but my husband has always called it indian corn but he does not know why. the flower is great for birds and insects so if it is in an area you are comfortable with allowing it to grow please leave it. many people pull them out but they are beneficial to the environment. please do not get the poisons out to kill them right away, just sit back and enjoy watching nature feed off the plant.
Louise
on Sep 07, 2015
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MULLIN. MY GRANDFATHER MADE A POULTICE FOR CONGESTION FROM THE LEAVES. USEFUL HERB.
DORLIS
on Sep 08, 2015
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Mullein leaf. Medicinal uses.
Kathy
on Sep 11, 2015
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mullein. The spikes are rather interesting and the hummers and butterflies love them but do not let it reseed unless it is in an area you do not care about. Very prolific.
Sue Kiene
on Jul 26, 2016
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