Moth Mullein

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria L.

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family)

This plant may be found with either yellow or white flowers (see below)

White Moth Mullein

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ base of stem and stem leaves

▲ ▼ flowers

Yellow Moth Mullein

▲ seedling

▲ first year rosette

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ flowers

Moth Mullein:

biennial weed with small rosette of rough-textured, lanceolate leaves with lobed margins first year
second year produces slender flowering stalk with a raceme of white or yellow showy flowers and round seed pods
prefers fertile, moist, well-drained soils in pastures, roadsides, cultivated fields, non-crop areas