Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork |
Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering: June-September. Annual or biennial. Introduced Spikes of long-stalked single yellow or white flowers with purple-haired stamens and one flower at each node. Pedicels are usually longer than the calyx. The toothed dark green leaves are wrinkled and short-stalked or stalkless. Glandular hairs are usually present only on the upper stem Infrequent garden escape on waste and rough ground but rarely persists Similar: Yellow flowered forms of Moth Mullein can be confused with Twiggy Mullein, Verbascum virgatum |
Moth Mullein, Verbascum blattaria
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