Twiggy mullein …..

….. ….. ….. or Verbascum virgatum.
Another ‘weed’ that is flowering profusely around the Arrowtown area at present. I know of someone who puts a leaf of it in her shoe to help with the inflammation from plantar fasciitis. I understand that it has other medicinal uses as well.

A friend & I went walking this morning and admired several other wildflowers; foxglove, vipers bugloss, hemlock, & lupins. It’s colourful out there at present.