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Common Mullein – the Roadside Torch Parade

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Notch
Larry W. Notch*
Affiliation:
Ext. Weed Sci., Dep. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616
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Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus L. ♯3 VESTH) has an ancient relationship with man. It never has been used for food but traditionally has been respected for its mystical and medicinal powers.

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Type
Intriguing World of Weeds
Information
Weed Technology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 704 - 705
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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