Resources
- Weed of the Week - USDA Forest Service
- Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy
- Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas - Plant Conservation Alliance
Representative Images
1120270 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Plant(s) James H. Miller & Ted Bodner |
1459354 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Flower(s) Steve Dewey |
5004049 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Flower(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte |
5161046 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
5004042 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Fruit(s) Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte |
5161053 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Flower(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5161059 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
1215078 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Plant(s) Dave Powell |
5309029 common mullein Verbascum thapsus Seed(s) Steve Hurst |
Maps
EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
Invasive Listing Sources
- California Invasive Plant Council
- Colorado Noxious Weeds
- Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Eric Ulaszek, U.S. Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois
- Faith Campbell, 1998
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category 4
- Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns, Eds. 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
- Illinois Invasive Plant List
- Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
- John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
- Missouri Department of Conservation,
- Native Plant Society of Oregon, 2008
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, 2004
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- Pacific Northwest Exotic Pest Plant Council, 1998
- Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Pennsylvania.
- South Dakota Noxious Weeds
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council - Significant Threat
- University of Hawaii, Botany Department, Hawaiian Alien Plant Studies, 1998
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Asteridae |
| Order: Scrophulariales |
| Family: Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: Verbascum |
Other System Links
Plants: VETHBayer: VESTH
GRIN: 41150
ITIS: 33394
NPDN Pest: PEUAOBD
NPDN Host: 31550
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
big taper, flannel mullein, flannel plant, great mullein, mullein, velvet dock, velvet plant, woolly mullein
| Common Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |

