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Common Mullein – the Roadside Torch Parade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Notch*
Affiliation:
Ext. Weed Sci., Dep. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616

Extract

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus L. ♯3 VESTH) has an ancient relationship with man. It never has been used for food but traditionally has been respected for its mystical and medicinal powers.

Type
Intriguing World of Weeds
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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