Flower for the Day Common Mullein 7-7-22

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) is a hairy biennial which can grow to six feet tall. 

Its small, yellow flowers are densely grouped on a tall stem, which grows from a large rosette of leaves.

Pastoral

by Edna St Vincent Millay

 If it were only still!—  With far away the shrill  Crying of a cock;  Or the shaken bell  From a cow's throat  Moving through the bushes;  Or the soft shock  Of wizened apples falling  From an old tree  In a forgotten orchard  Upon the hilly rock!    Oh, grey hill,  Where the grazing herd  Licks the purple blossom,  Crops the spiky weed!  Oh, stony pasture,  Where the tall mullein  Stands up so sturdy  On its little seed!