{"id":53198,"date":"2018-07-23T06:02:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T12:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=53198"},"modified":"2024-04-09T03:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:03:02","slug":"blooming-common-mullein-in-the-wasatch-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/07\/23\/blooming-common-mullein-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Common Mullein In The Wasatch Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a child I remember plucking the leaves of Common Mullein just to touch them because the leaves were as soft as well worn flannel, their yellow flowers didn&#8217;t interest me much but the soft leaves sure did.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-127464 size-full\" title=\"Blooming Common Mullein\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354.jpg\" alt=\"Blooming Common Mullein, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2354.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Blooming Common Mullein &#8211; Nikon D500, f8, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now that I am grown up I do like to photograph Common Mullein when they are in bloom, their sunny yellow blooms are a bright spot in mountains canyons, marshes or the desert here in northern Utah. Common Mullein is a weed that originally came from Europe, northern Africa and Asia and it was introduced to North America in the 1700&#8217;s. In Europe is it called Great Mullein and it also has the nickname of &#8220;Flannel Leaf&#8221; or &#8220;Wooly Mullein&#8221;. The leaves remind me of a common garden plant called Lamb&#8217;s Ears.<\/p>\n<p>While I was up in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon in early July I felt I had better stop and take some photos of a clump of mullein that I found because I knew it wouldn&#8217;t be long before the flowers looked tattered and worn because the individual flowers only last a single day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-127465 size-full\" title=\"Common Mullein in bloom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363.jpg\" alt=\"Common Mullein in bloom, Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/common-mullein-blooming-mia-mcpherson-2363.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Common Mullein in bloom &#8211; Nikon D500, f8, 1\/1600, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had hoped that a bee or butterfly would fly in so I could take a photo of them with the mullein but that didn&#8217;t happen. Oh well, I enjoyed taking these photos and I am happy with the resulting images.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Common Mullein please click <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Verbascum_thapsus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/flower-and-tree-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a child I remember plucking the leaves of Common Mullein just to touch them because the leaves were as soft as well worn flannel, their yellow flowers didn&#8217;t interest me much but the soft leaves sure did. 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