DU plant experts here? Would like an identification...

[Archae]

Just noticed this plant growing near the corner of my apartment building, it's quite hardy, survived the entire 2020 - 2021 Wisconsin winter.

Has "fuzzy" leaves.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Verbascum Thapsus aka the common mullein.

[Archae]

5. Thanks, just surprises me it survived the winter.

Rather tough little cuss, growing in gravely dirt here in Wisconsin.

[Solly Mack]

7. They are hardy. Seeds can survive in the dirt for a long time. Lot of people see them as weeds. They

are invasive. Import from other parts of the world. Can grow quite tall and they do flower.

I like the way the leaves bunch.

[wnylib]

13. The pic reminded me of a small, young cabbage.

[Solly Mack]

14. They do kind of look like cabbage.

[Kali]

2. looks like some kind of mullein

https://www.google.com/search?q=mullein&client=firefox-b-1-d&sa=X&biw=1536&bih=735&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=UJNlE0zollnuMM%252CJhMgN2T1wFqjiM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kS57qem4QtXzAPs_l1QGtSA7s5X7w&ved=2ahUKEwiN_9_tzf7vAhXHqZ4KHb1oCYEQ_h16BAgyEAE#imgrc=UJNlE0zollnuMM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum

[FalloutShelter]

3. Looks a little like wooly lambs ear to me.

Stachys byzantina, the lamb's-ear or woolly hedgenettle,

[MissB]

4. I was going to say mullein too

Bit too symmetrical for lambs ear

[sazemisery]

6. Verbascum thapsus - common name Mullein

I use it for congestion and cough as a tea or smoked in a pipe.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/mullein/mullein-uses-and-disadvantages.htm

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. Muellin also helps with period cramps.

[Wicked Blue]

8. Lamb's ears, Stachys byzantina nt

[LakeArenal]

9. We called it false tobacco.

I think it only grows two years, blooming long stalks that have small yellow flowers. The seed make great food for birds in winter. The seed themselves readily.

Yours looks to be in the first year.

[2naSalit]

11. That stuff grows all over the place around here.