Day 63: #grownostr initiative
I may have misidentified this as a Lamb's Ear (Stachys byzantina) several weeks ago when i transplanted it from the side of the road to one of my gardens. After seeing the folliage rosette it could be a Mullein (Verbascum thapsus). I may have to wait to see the flower color ro know for sure. Purple = Lamb's Ear, Yellow = Mullein.
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As kids my cousins and I would pull these guys (if mullein) in the pasture and use them to go into battle. In my memory I have never in my life been more itchy than after being clubbed by a mullein.
Childhood memories are the best. Thanks for sharing it with me. I will always imagine two kids jousting with mullein spears!
Lamb's Ear is a pretty common ornamental that is fairly low to the ground, has less pointy and more droopy leaves, and doesn't grow on tall stalks. It literally looks like lamb's ears. This looks like Mullein, which you can harvest and use for herbal purposes if you're of a mind to.
