Categories Perennials | Wildflowers | yellow & orange flowers | Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein Description Popular name(s): Great Mullein, Common Mullein, Aaron’s-Rod, Blanketweed, Flannelleaf and others Botanical name: Verbascum thapsus Family: Scrophulariaceae Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa and as an introduced species also in Austalia, New Zealand and North America Height: 20 to 200 centimetres USDA zone: 5 (-23 °C) Related plants:Buddleja alternifolia Chaenostoma cordatum Diascia sp. Nemesia cv. Nemesia cv. Verbascum nigrum Verbascum phoeniceum