great mullein

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great mullein - tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

Aaron's rod, common mullein, flannel mullein, Verbascum thapsus, woolly mullein, torch

flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant - any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers

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cartucho amarillo gordolobo hierba del paño

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Poor Will's Countryside Almanack for late spring early summer of 2013

Maybe the great mullein and the common rockrose will grow back.

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30: In the Southwest, blackberries have set fruit, and wildflowers such as chicory, salsify, moth mullein, great mullein, and milkweed are open-marking the full bloom of the sunflower crop in southern California.