NOM | plant | verbascum thapsus / Verbascum thapsus | tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers |
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Sentit | tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. | |
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General | blenera, candelera | Any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers |
Anglès | common mullein, great mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein, torch, Verbascum thapsus | |
Espanyol | gordolobo, verbascum thapsus |
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