Foliage:
4 to 12 inch elliptical leaves
are pointed at both ends and taper to a winged stalk; stems and
leaves are densely covered with woolly hairs; the first year the
plant produces a large rosette of grayish green, flannel-like leaves;
the second year it sends up a wand-like leaf stalk
Site:
Average to well-drained soil;
sun; fields, roadsides, waste places
