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Wind Cave National Park
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.
Shell-leaf Penstemon
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Exotic Plants
List of non-native plants identified in the park.
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Wild Bergamot
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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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Last Updated: February 29, 2008 at 10:45 EST