Strategy: This biennial plant grows in disturbed areas with compact ... head and each flower has a distinct stem (unlike common mullein) and forms a round fruit. It can grow up to 8 feet tall ...

They repeated Beal’s experiment per usual: Dig up the 121-year-old bottle, plant the seeds and see whether they germinate. And germinate they did … except something didn’t look quite right. Of the ...

In Colorado, the moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria) is considered a noxious weed, and efforts are being made to manage that plant. This plant is different, with smooth leaves that have lobes and ...

"The molecular genetics work confirmed the phenotypes we saw, which is that the plants were Verbascum blattaria, or moth mullein, and one hybrid of Verbascum blattaria and Verbascum thapsus ...

In 1879, botanist William J. Beal filled 20 bottles with soil and seeds and buried them on what is now MSU’s campus grounds. In April 2021, the 16th bottle was unearthed, and its seeds were planted.

The Norfolk Snout moth, first recorded near Norwich ... on its feed plant The caterpillar feeds on hoary mullein, a striking, metre-tall plant with yellow flowers which is known to grow in the ...