YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
GROUP XIII 
Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers with five petals, or five-lobed 
corolla. 
The yellow sepals of the Marsh Marigold (page 74) must not be 
mistaken for petals. 
Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). Figwort family. June to 
September. 
The common mullein-stalk with stout woolly stem, biennial, 
sometimes perennial. The flowers, sometimes an inch broad, 
on the long, thick spike, have wheel-shaped corollas of five 
irregular lobes; stamens five, two long, the three others white- 
hairy. Leaves large and pointed. Fields and stony banks. - 
" All summer long the mullein weaves 
His soft and thick and woolly leaves." — Margaret Deland. 
Moth Mullein ( V. Blattaria) is slenderer, with flowers on 
stalks. The hairs on the stamens are purplish. The corolla of 
variety albiflorum has a pink or purple tinge. 
Poverty Grass (Hudsonia tomentosa). Rockrose family. 
May to July. 
A low heath-like shrub, less than a foot high. The flowers 
are numerous, tiny, with five petals; short stalks. The leaves 
are minute, pressed closely together. Sandy shores. Named 
after Hudson, the English botanist. 
Rockrose (Helianthemum canadense). Rockrose family. 
June to August. 
A perennial, not over a foot and a half high, bearing at first 
generally a single flower at the top, an inch broad, with five 
bright yellow petals, a pistil with rounded head, numerous 
stamens; later smaller axillary flowers, usually without petals. 
Leaves oblong to lance-shaped, without teeth, the lower oppo- 
site. Dry ground. From the Greek for sun and flower. 
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