Mullein Pink

Other names

Rose Campion, Dusty-Miller

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Biennial

Native distribution

Nw. Africa, SE. Europe to Cent. Asia

Biocultural value

Victorian poet Margaret Furse refers to the ancient use of the silver-green, velveteen leaves as lamp wicks in the poem The Lamp Flower. "The campion white above the grass her lamp doth light where fairies pass."

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Select Seeds

Description

Densely white-woolly biennial or perennial, erect, often branched, reaching 3' in height. Leaves ovate,1" to 4" long, lower leaves petioled, upper leaves sessile. Inflorescence few-flowered, pedicels long,calyx to 3/4" long, petals purplish, rarely white.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics