Mullein. Invasive in the US. I recommend digging it up, the entire plant is medicinal.
firemanlala
verbascum or mullein in US. amazing bee plant. accumulator of minerals. hated by lawn lovers. an amazing plant.
Fearless-Hedgehog661
The *fuzz*, or plant hairs, or *trichomes* can be for multiple reasons. They can be, but not in this instance, defensive stingers. The most common reason is environmental control, again as a defence, trichomes can prevent moisture loss. They can also trap an insulating layer of air, as protection against extremes of heat and cold.
Noombat22
Definitely a common mullein, second year by the looks of it. It’ll soon grow tall and put out yellow flowers. It was actually brought to America partially for usage as a fish poison. It’s paralytic seeds disperse in water and stun their gills. It’s illegal in most places to use like that now but birds and pollinators love them. They are considered invasive though, they’re fairly easy to remove though since they have a two year lifecycle and you can just pull them up
BadNewzBill
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AhMoonBeam
Mullein.. looks like its on its 2nd year because of the brown old leaves from last year. Its 2nd year will shoot a tall stem and yellow flowers. You can just pull them out , the fuzzy hairs dont bother skin.
sapphire_sapphik
it’s def mullein, makes a great earthy tea that’ll have u hacking up phlegm—that’s what it’s known for!
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Mullein. Invasive in the US. I recommend digging it up, the entire plant is medicinal.
verbascum or mullein in US. amazing bee plant. accumulator of minerals. hated by lawn lovers. an amazing plant.
The *fuzz*, or plant hairs, or *trichomes* can be for multiple reasons. They can be, but not in this instance, defensive stingers. The most common reason is environmental control, again as a defence, trichomes can prevent moisture loss. They can also trap an insulating layer of air, as protection against extremes of heat and cold.
Definitely a common mullein, second year by the looks of it. It’ll soon grow tall and put out yellow flowers. It was actually brought to America partially for usage as a fish poison. It’s paralytic seeds disperse in water and stun their gills. It’s illegal in most places to use like that now but birds and pollinators love them. They are considered invasive though, they’re fairly easy to remove though since they have a two year lifecycle and you can just pull them up
Cowboy toilet paper
Mullein.. looks like its on its 2nd year because of the brown old leaves from last year. Its 2nd year will shoot a tall stem and yellow flowers. You can just pull them out , the fuzzy hairs dont bother skin.
it’s def mullein, makes a great earthy tea that’ll have u hacking up phlegm—that’s what it’s known for!