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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Verbascum blattaria L.
moth mullein
Verbascum: corrupted form of Barbascum, the ancient Latin name for this plant
blattaria: from the Latin name blatta for "moth" or "of cockroaches"
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 1'-3' tall forb with unbranched, glandular hairs |
| Flower: | yellow to white, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide, nearly regular in shape, the 3 lower lobes slightly longer than the upper 2, 5 stamens; inflorescence a long, loose cluster with one stalked flower per node; blooms June-Oct. |
| Leaf: | first year a basal rosette then alternate, more or less toothed, stalkless, not extending down the stem |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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