WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



from Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Florida, Kansas and 

 California, from June to September. 



MOTH MULLEIN 



Verhascum Blattaria. Figwort Family. 



The Moth Mullein flashes its yellow or white 

 search-lights this way and that, over the grassy seas 

 of neglected pastures and fields, and along waysides, 

 from June to November. They are singularly at- 

 tractive, these large, wheel-like flowers, as they open 

 one or two at a time, and for a day only. The 

 tall, slender, round, and often hairy stalk is usually 

 single, and grows from two to six feet high. The 

 large, oblong, or lance -shaped leaf has a very 

 irregular, double - toothed margin, and is seldom 

 present during the flowering period. It is thin, 

 smooth, stoutly ribbed and prominently veined. 

 The arrangement is frequent and alternating, 

 and the upper ones are partly heart-shaped and 

 clasping. The flowers, which are either white or 

 yellow, resemble those of the Great Mullein in struc- 

 ture. The white and yellow blossoms are borne on 

 separate plants. They are lightly stained with purple. 

 The five orange-tipped stamens are covered with 

 fuzzy, purple hairs. The five-parted green calyx 

 has slender, recurved tips. The flowers are set on 

 short stems, and gathered in a very long, loose ter- 

 minal spire. They are fragile, and easily drop from 

 the calyx. The bud is flat and five-angled. This 

 plant is said to be offensive to cockroaches. It is 



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