What kind of plant is this?

What kind of plant is this? They grow along our ditch.

mullen??

Looks like Mullen to me?

Mullen

Anemic saguaro cactus

https://www.plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VETH

Looks like that's it.

Just a word of caution. A website I found said this, "Although the leaves feel soft and fuzzy they do not make good "wild" toilet paper as the small hairs can get stuck in your skin which is very uncomfortable".

Sorry to be a stickler. it's spelled Mullein.

yepper,indian tobacco.supposed to clear the lungs.

Ouch

not supposed to be thorns in those berries.

Never could figure that one out.....this is an introduced plant, so the injuns must have learned that from the Europeans that brought it over here.

It usually has a silngle flower spike around here.

That plant doesn't look too butt-wipe friendly to begin with, IMO.

looks like it bred with a cactus.

They are correct.

many a southern pipeliner have been told how great it works along with how good jack in the pulpit bulbs are sliced on a sammich.

No thorns on mullein, they have a lot of seeds

The pic is a second year growth, first yr has big soft green low basal type leaves, plant stems also make a great spindle for both hand drill and bow drill friction fire. Leaves can be used for teas for bronchial type symptoms, and yes it is mullein.

it looks like this before it dries out

we used to have a bunch at our house when i was a kid

Supposed to be very medicinal.

Is another name for the same plant “foxglove”? If not, maybe they are related?

Anybody know how to use it medicinally?

The flowers can be soaked in olive oil and the oil placed in ears. Supposed to help with ear aches.

Looks like common mullein

I am thinking that your website source may be missing something. First year of the mullen plant is a low lying plant and the most wonderful natural or man made toilet paper ever created (I'll bet Moses had 2 of them on the Arc. )
Perhaps that author had issue with the second year growth of the plant when it has the upright stalk.

I had a friend who used it when his sinuses where stuffed up. He'd take the dried leaves, place them in a pan of boiling water, throw a towel over his head and inhale the steam; said it worked miracles.

When was Moses on the ark?

Gryhkl, leaves or roots made into tea, Willey firewood, foxglove is a different plant. Teas were used as medicine long before they became a beverage. Bob

Good catch!

Awesome thread. Mostly good info and most of the info I know about mullein has been covered. I can add that the smoke from the dried leaves clears the sinuses. Amazing how little it takes.

Be advised: Jack-in-the-pulpit is deadly when not handled correctly.

Not really. It was a joke, hence the addition of the Smiley face.

Oh, lol, I thought maybe it was a typo

It is probably a better paper substitute, than say snow is! Brr!

Mullein very medicinal plant. ear ache medicine from the flowers. smoke or steam the small leaves for lung issues.