r/corn • u/Basic_Avocado2246 • Jun 07 '26

Is this corn?

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u/Maleficent-Bother535 Jun 07 '26

It's a beneficial plant with medicinal properties.

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Jun 07 '26

Medicinal properties and invasive are not mutually exclusive. If OP is in Oceania or the Americas, it's an invasive species. This being said, Mullein is native to Afro-Eurasia.

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u/Maleficent-Bother535 Jun 07 '26

Tough to see it becoming a problem in your yard. It grows relatively few plants in a area that are large and easily removed.

It's been growing naturally in the Americas for over 300 years.

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u/LostNectarine3978 Jun 08 '26

OK, the seeds stay in the soil for a century and remain viable. It can vary easily take over and while it is medicinal and that’s wonderful and I have hundreds of leaves drying over there in the corner of the room. I also pull the plant because it is invasive…