Noun: Verbascum thapsus
- Tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches
"Verbascum thapsus grew wild along the roadside";
- common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch
Type of: flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant
Encyclopedia: Verbascum thapsus