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12 Best Mullein Look Alikes
26.12.2023 - 10:51 / balconygardenweb.com / Raul Cornelius
Mullein, with its towering yellow flowers and soft, velvety leaves, has a unique appearance often leads to confusion with similar-looking plants. Well, don’t worry! We are here to end all that!
Botanical Name: Lactuca taraxacifolia
African Lettuce is small with green leaves, just like Mullein, but tinier. It’s a little Mullein for gardens that you can eat.
Botanical Name: Saintpaulia
Not exactly a mullein look alike, but it is often confused before it flowers. Why? Because it has similar, thick, velvety leaves and purple flowers.
Botanical Name: Symphytum Officinale
You might confuse a young Comfrey plant for Mullein as the two look alike. A new Comfrey plant has a similar rosette of leaves.
Note: You should grow it carefully as it is highly toxic. It is often found near riverbanks.
Botanical Name: Oenothera biennis
The Common Mullein and the Evening Primrose can be confused as the flowers of the two plants are almost the same. Both have beautiful, yellow, fuzzy blooms.
Botanical Name: Digitalis Purpurea
In the first year, Foxglove plants grow a rosette of leaves close to the ground, which are very similar to the leaves of Mullein.
Botanical Name: Verbena stricta
These mullein look alikes have a similar leaves to the plant in question, albeit, close together. The only thing that sets it apart are its purple flowers and slightly thinner stems.
Botanical Name: Stachys byzantine
Lamb’s Ears have soft, silver leaves and are Common Mullein look alikes. They grow in a rosette-like fashion, too. But their lavender flowers set them apart.
Botanical Name: Pistia stratiotes
The fizzy texture of Mullein leaves is also found in the leaves of the Water Lettuce. The difference? Well, it is an aquatic plant and only grows in water.
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