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Photographer: Michael R. Penskar
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Dasistoma macrophylla (Nutt.) Raf.
mullein-foxglove
Dasistoma: dasys for "hairy," stoma for "mouth"
macrophylla: macros for "large;" phyllos for "leaf"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-7' tall forb; partly parasitic |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/2" long, almost stalkless, densely hairy inside, lobes flaring, almost equal, widely spreading, shorter than the tube, 4 stamens; inflorescence an interrupted, leafy spike with flowers from the leaf axils; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | roundish capsule with papery seeds |
| Leaf: | opposite; lower widely oval and deeply bi-pinnately cut; upper lance-like, getting smaller and becoming entire |
| Habitat: | moist; woods; in rich soil |
| (Glossary) |
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