It had three stalks clothed with long, narrow, sharply-pointed leaves, which were downy, soft to the feel like the leaves of our great mullein, and pale green in colour.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson
What may be called a weed, like the mullein, for example, is considered very pretty in Europe, where they did not have such things.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
"As for blushing, don't she know the rub of mullein-leaves?
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens