We harvested some mullein from the side of an old quarry recently. Dug up a young one and have it in a pot now, cut off a couple flower stalks and put them in water and have been plucking the flowers as they continue to bloom, and made bundles of the leaves to dry. There was so much there we couldn’t have taken 2% haha. They love growing up where the ground has been recently disturbed. In this case they were all growing up out of mostly loose rocks downhill from the road. Very useful plant and abundant around us.
How do you use it?
Looks like mullein. Pretty common roadside weed in many parts of the US. Allegedly medicinal though I’ve never tried it and wouldn’t harvest any that had been marinating in exhaust fumes.
It is.
The German name for it translates to king’s candle. I like it a lot.
I remember being astonished by them as a child. They were so tall! I’m still glad every time i see one. They’ve made a comeback since the 80s but are still not common (Germany).
We have a handful in our garden. But this one (and the smaller to the left) are by far the biggest.