Common Name: common mullein, velvet dock, candlewicks, flannel leafScientific Name: Verbascum thapsus L.Family Name: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced biennial, reproducing by seed Stemssecond year, reproductive, sturdy, seldom branched, woolly hairs, "winged" appearance from leaf bases Leavesfirst year basal rosette, oblong; second year on flowering stem, more pointed and smaller towards top, sessile with bases extend down stem - "winged" appearance; all leaves hair covered, woolly or flannel-like Flowers5-petaled, sulfur-yellow; terminal spike, cylindrical, compact