Lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina) grows as a “foliage clump” and produces pinkish-purple flowers. While the leaves are quite similar, mullein grows much taller and lamb's ear leaves are softer. The most obvious, easiest identification is in the color of the blooms.Jun 2, 2011
How do you identify mullein?
Key Identification Features: Biennial up to 2 m tall. Large pale green-grey, woolly, oval or eliptical leaves with winged stalks arranged in a basal rosette in first year. Flower spike in second year ends in a densely packed terminal spike occasionally with smaller side spikes. Flowers yellow with 5 petals.
What is the difference between mullein and foxglove?
Flowers are tube-shaped and grow on a tall spike. ... Great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is another plant foxglove might be confused with when no flowers are present. However, great mullein leaves are untoothed and are hairier than those of foxglove.
What other plants look like mullein?
- Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) Add to Collection. ...
- Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed) Add to Collection. ...
- Eutrochium dubium (Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed) ...
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. ...
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. ...
- Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
How can you tell the difference between lambs ear and mullein?
Lamb's ear (Stachys byzantina) grows as a “foliage clump” and produces pinkish-purple flowers. While the leaves are quite similar, mullein grows much taller and lamb's ear leaves are softer. The most obvious, easiest identification is in the color of the blooms.Jun 2, 2011