Young mullein plant at Gaia's Garden in Umpire, Arkansas, the soft fuzzy rosette beginning to fill out in a straw-mulched bed
Photographed April 25, 2026 in Gaia Devi Stillwagon's medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas's Ouachita foothills.
This is Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), grown in our medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas.
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Mullein putting out its second flush of leaves at Gaia's Garden. The fuzzy texture is unmistakable; you can identify mullein with your eyes closed.
April 25, 2026This is Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), grown in our medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas.