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Wildflowers - Wooly Mullein
 
Wooly Mullein, Common Mullein - Verbascum thapsis
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
Wooly Mullein, Common Mullein - Verbascum thapsus
 
Common or Wooly Mullein can get abundant after forest fires.  It became especially abundant after the extensive forest fires in the Black Hills in 1988 and 1989.
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Blue Flax  

Did You Know?
Blue Flax is often considered a subspecies of the Eurasian L. perenne which is very similar. The plant is named after Meriwether Lewis.
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