great mullein

Also known as: Aaron's rod; ag leaf; beggar's blanket; blanket leaf; bullock's lungwort; candlewick; clown's lungwort; common mullein; cow's lungwort; duffle; feltwort; flannel; flannel leaf; flannel plant; fluffweed; hag taper; hag's taper; hare's beard; hedge taper; high taper; Jupiter's staff; king's taper; lady's candles; lady's foxglove; light of the Lord; lucernaria; mullein dock; old man's flannel; rag paper; shepherd's club; torch lily; torches; velvet dock; velvet plant; white mullein; woollens; woundweed; Adam's flannel; felt; Jacob's staff; lamb's wool; velvet leaf

Tall grey or white-woolly biennial up to 2m in height, forming a rosette of large mid-green leaves to 50cm long in its first year, with a stout, upright, woolly stem bearing a succession of light yellow, saucer-shaped flowers 3cm across in the summer of the second year