Species: Verbascum blattaria, Moth Mullien

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Plant description: Introduced biennial, white or yellow flowers, filament trichomes (hairs) purple

Habitat: fields, roadsides, waste places

Range: USA (including Hawaii), absent in Wisconsin, Wyoming

Bloom Period: May-July

Status: considered invasive, weedy

Sandy Creek Trail, Durham NC, June 5 2005

Sandy Creek Trail, Durham NC, June 5 2005