What is "flannel leaf"

n. any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers [syn: mullein, velvet plant]

Flannel leaf is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Bedfordia arborescens, a shrub or small tree native to southeastern Australia
• Verbascum thapsus, a herbaceous plant native to Europe, Africa and Asia and widely naturalized globally