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Questions and Answers: 2014

Question: Taken roadside, woodlands, wetlands, Windham, NH. This plant is what I would call furry or fuzzy.

  • Question

    Taken roadside, woodlands, wetlands, Windham, NH. This plant is what I would call furry or fuzzy.

    Answer

    tracyd123, this is the first-year plant of Verbascum Thapsus (common mullein). In the second year it will form a flowering stem, fruit, and then die. If can have the means to look at the hairs with magnification, you will see that they are branched (in this case, stellately branched), which is a good identification character.