I hope it's not a problem to upload a foto in this group.

A friend of mine has this 'thing' growing in his backyard. Nearly 6ft
tall by now.
Anybody have an Idea what it could be ?


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Thanks !

Peter

If it's very, very fuzzy, it's a mullein--Verbascum in the
Scrophulariaceae (looks like V. thapsus--if that species grows in
Europe, that may be it.) Leaves of U.S. species were used as toilet
tissue by early settlers. Roman ladies made a hair rinse out of
theirs, and the long stems can be soaked in flammables and used as
torches. A fun plant.

M. Reed
Texas A&M

Peter wrote:

I hope it's not a problem to upload a foto in this group.

A friend of mine has this 'thing' growing in his backyard. Nearly 6ft
tall by now.
Anybody have an Idea what it could be ?

reply here or e-mail to

Thanks !

Peter

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Yes - I would say that it is V. thapsus. It is common in UK and this year
there seems to a glut of them. I have 8 in my garden alone, growing
unbidden, but no less welcome.

Peter

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I hope it's not a problem to upload a foto in this group.

A friend of mine has this 'thing' growing in his backyard. Nearly 6ft
tall by now.
Anybody have an Idea what it could be ?


reply here or e-mail to

Thanks !

Peter