Mullein foxglove

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Mullein foxglove

Mullein foxglove inflorescence

Mullein foxglove corolla and calyx

Mullein foxglove

Mullein foxglove

Mullein foxglove leaves

Mullein foxglove

Mullein foxglove calyx

Morphology

Stem

Erect, branched, finely-pubescent.

Leaves

Opposite, lower broadly ovate in outline, 6 to 14 inches long, 3.2 to 8.8 inches wide, deeply pinnately cleft or twice pinnately-compound; divisions broadly lanceolate, margins toothed; upper leaves reduced in size, becoming lanceolate, sometimes entire.

Inflorescence

Raceme, elongate, spike-like; flowers in leaf axils, stalks short, club-shaped; bracts leaf-like, opposite.

Flower

Calyx bell-shaped, 1/4 to 2/5 inch long, 5-lobed; lobes egg-shaped, to 1/5 inch long; corolla narrowly bell-shaped, 3/5 inch long, yellow, weakly 2-lipped, tube densely soft-hairy within; lobes 5, nearly equal, widely spreading, broadly rounded, 1/5 to 1/4 inch long; stamens 4, arranged in 2 sets; filaments bearded; stigma 2-lobed.

Fruit

Capsule, rounded, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, veiny, dark brown; seeds numerous, angular, 1/10 inch long, dark brown.

Ecology

Habitat

Rich, moist woodlands, stream banks, thickets, and rocky slopes.

Distribution

East 1/3 of Kansas.

Additional Notes