Photographs: Sherkin, Co. Cork |
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus Coinnle Muire Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering: June-September. Biennial. Native Very tall, dense, spikes of yellow flowers with 5 stamens and white-haired flower stalks. The large basal leaves are broadly elliptical-oblong, white-woolly and either tapered or with short stalks. Stem leaves are decurrent (continue down stems). The round woolly stem is usually un-branched. Height to 2m but is often less Found on waste ground, roadsides and in quarries and among rough grassland but is less frequent in the north and west of Ireland. |
Great Mullein, Verbascum thapsus, Coinnle Muire