Weed
common mullein, big taper, flannel plant, velvet dock, velvet plant, woolly mullein, flannel mullein, great mullein, mullein
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
Cylindrical
Brown
Heavy, ornate and wavy longitudinal ridges
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is on narrowest end of cylinder.
Seed is cylindrical but very slightly conical. Ridges are ornate in that pairs wave in opposite directions from each other, creating a symmetrical pattern.
State Noxious Weed: Hawaii
Included
Scrophulariaceae
Verbascum thapsus L.
