Plant ID

[Harpo]

Any ideas of this plant we came across on the Bank of the Braan, excuse the handsome fishing dude in the photo, he wouldn't get out of the way

[Wildfisher]

Looks like a great mullein (Verbascum thapsus) dying off. They are monocarpic,  or biennial  like foxgloves.

[Wildfisher]

by the way  it is "thanapsis"

It's not.

[Harpo]

Thanks guys, aye it had yellow flowers a few weeks back

[Fishtales]

It would sem to be an invasive alien in the USA

http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/fact/veth1.htm

[Wildfisher]

It would seem to be an invasive alien in the USA

I also noticed a lot of Verbascum in New Zealand, especially around  the area of the MacKenzie Basin along with  other non natives like thistles. gorse, wild rose and massive brown trout.