#mullein — Public Fediverse posts

Old Mullein towering near a power pole (just out of frame to left) that protected it from agriculture implements.

#Mullein #Autumn

Good Morning!

The 4th of July Mullein, standing erect and saluting. #BloomScrolling #Mullein #WildFlowers #WondersOfNature #GoodMorning

A few cheerful blooms have opened on this mullein bloom spike. The bloom spikes are called mullein torches both because the dried ones used to be used as literal torches, and because the flower-covered ones look like they're on fire.

#mullein #herbs

Wavyleaf Mullein (Verbascum sinuatum)

#Mullein #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Plant #Plants #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Good morning!

Mullein volunteer that is eventually going to bloom over at the allotment.
#WildFlowers #Mullein #WondersOfNature

This is infuriating that an asthmatic died bc of inhaler costs.

Protip, keep an emergency baggie of mullein leaf around. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus)

If you don't have your inhaler, make a "joint" from the mullein & smoke it. It will burn & you will cough, but it opens up your lungs fast & could save your life.

#asthma #inhaler #mullein

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/asthma-death-prescription-price-pharmacy-lawsuit-rcna210075

Excerpt from "How to make a bee-friendly garden" [in the #UK]

#BBCGardenersWorld Magazine
Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022

"Grow 'woolly' plants

Wool carder bees are one of the UK's largest #SolitaryBees , and they get their name from their practise of collecting hairs from plant leaves and stems, in order to build the cells within their nests. The plants you can grow to provide the 'wool' include #LambsEars (#Stachys) and #mullein (#Verbascum) species."

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/how-to-make-a-bee-friendly-garden/
#UKGardens #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForBees #SolarPunkSunday #BeeFriendlyGardens

Excerpt from "How to make a bee-friendly garden" [in the #UK]

#BBCGardenersWorld Magazine
Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022

"Grow 'woolly' plants

Wool carder bees are one of the UK's largest #SolitaryBees , and they get their name from their practise of collecting hairs from plant leaves and stems, in order to build the cells within their nests. The plants you can grow to provide the 'wool' include #LambsEars (#Stachys) and #mullein (#Verbascum) species."

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/how-to-make-a-bee-friendly-garden/
#UKGardens #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForBees #SolarPunkSunday #BeeFriendlyGardens

Excerpt from "How to make a bee-friendly garden" [in the #UK]

#BBCGardenersWorld Magazine
Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022

"Grow 'woolly' plants

Wool carder bees are one of the UK's largest #SolitaryBees , and they get their name from their practise of collecting hairs from plant leaves and stems, in order to build the cells within their nests. The plants you can grow to provide the 'wool' include #LambsEars (#Stachys) and #mullein (#Verbascum) species."

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/how-to-make-a-bee-friendly-garden/
#UKGardens #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForBees #SolarPunkSunday #BeeFriendlyGardens

Excerpt from "How to make a bee-friendly garden" [in the #UK]

#BBCGardenersWorld Magazine
Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022

"Grow 'woolly' plants

Wool carder bees are one of the UK's largest #SolitaryBees , and they get their name from their practise of collecting hairs from plant leaves and stems, in order to build the cells within their nests. The plants you can grow to provide the 'wool' include #LambsEars (#Stachys) and #mullein (#Verbascum) species."

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/how-to-make-a-bee-friendly-garden/
#UKGardens #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForBees #SolarPunkSunday #BeeFriendlyGardens

Excerpt from "How to make a bee-friendly garden" [in the #UK]

#BBCGardenersWorld Magazine
Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2022

"Grow 'woolly' plants

Wool carder bees are one of the UK's largest #SolitaryBees , and they get their name from their practise of collecting hairs from plant leaves and stems, in order to build the cells within their nests. The plants you can grow to provide the 'wool' include #LambsEars (#Stachys) and #mullein (#Verbascum) species."

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/how-to-make-a-bee-friendly-garden/
#UKGardens #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForBees #SolarPunkSunday #BeeFriendlyGardens

I use #mullein (Verbascum thapsus) leaves and flowers pretty regularly but I only recently learned the roots are medicinal too. I weeded the volunteer mullein out of the asparagus bed and brought the roots inside to dry as an experiment.

#PlantMedicine #herbs #Herbalism

I like to roll my flower so it looks like a cigarette in a "no smoking sign" #cannabis #canon #mullein #weedsky #four20

Mullein safety note: some people are said to be sensitive to the tiny hairs on the fuzzy leaves. These people will want to filter their mullein tea through a coffee filter. Online herbals usually say this is mandatory but I have never had a problem with unfiltered mullein tea personally.

Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) info:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum_thapsus

http://www.ryandrum.com/threeherbs1.htm#mullein

#Mullein #Herbs #HerbalMedicine #HerbalTea

Mullein ruffles. #mullein #NaturePhotography

#Mullein #Flowers

For those not familiar with these #RoadsideFlowers, the first year they grow as a whorl of leaves mostly flat on the ground. In the second season they put up these flowering stalks that can be six foot tall.

Note to birders... I've seen Downy #Woodpeckers several times hanging on the stalks happily eating mullein seeds! 🙂

#Birds #NaturePhotography #NewYork

Very happy Mullein plant here. It's at least 5 feet tall and trying to start four new spikes of flowers. Many of the plants around here settle for just a single spike. Second image from a week earlier with the four new spikes yet to be seen.

#Mullein #Bloomscrolling

Excuse the ropey images but it was absolutely chucking it down. Last night, I managed to attract two MULLEIN MOTHS. Punk rocker bark mimics. Now safely ensconced somewhere dry for the day to roost while they wait for night to fly away!
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#moths #mothing #MothsMatter #lepidoptera #entomology #nature #wildlife #hastings #mullein #conservation #alttext

Looked up how tall Mullein usually grows, median answer is 6 ft, one site says up to 10 ft/ 3m.

My exuberant plant that's ~ 12ft/4m tall is looking down and laughing. Will save the seeds and share around. Heh, I love the idea of thinking of plants as Earth's middle finger to entropy that rules rest of the universe.

#gardening #mullein

Lovely #lichen and cheery yellow #Verbascum flowers, from rocky roadside banks above Ettrick en route to Moa Flat. Central Otago, New Zealand. 26 December. Both pics by @unearth

Online NZ-photo page for the Verbascum: https://www.citscihub.nz/Phil_Bendle_Collection:Verbascum_virgatum_(Wand_Mullein)

#mullein #weed #flower #summer #yellow #orange #rocky #nature #CentralOtago #NewZealand

Happy mullein plant basking in the winter sunshine. I have a little patch of these helpful medicinal plants back behind the vegetable garden. The first one volunteered there, "planted" by the birds. Since then, I've manually reseeded them every year to be sure the patch keeps going.

#herbs #HerbGarden #mullein

I’ve been struggling with breathing since my Moderna poke and found a tea that seems to be helping a little. I was excited to share the good news in an #amazon review but wondered if my vax status note would be accepted. Guess what. #mullein tea.

Verbascum thapsus, greater mullein.

#garden #gardening #flowers #horticulture #photography #bloomscrolling #botany #verbascum #mullein

#Mullein blossoms in sugar will leech the flower properties into the sugar and naturally form a cough syrup over the course of several weeks. As the sugar collapses in the jar, you add more fresh blossoms. #HerbCrafting #Medicinal