11. Fuzzy mullein has to be touched, explored. 12. Garden books do not identify mullein as poisonous. 13. Great mullein is a biennial and generally requires winter dormancy before it can flower. 14. For example, he writes, tea made from mullein leaves and flowers quiets a cough. 15. Q : I recently touched a common mullein and soon had small itching blisters on my arm. 16. Many mulleins are raised from seed, including both the short-lived perennial and biennial types. 17. Anything fuzzy, like lamb's ears or mullein , is good at deflecting the beating sun. 18. Inspired by the comeback mulleins , the rose campion puts out gray-green leaves with steady determination. 19. But that does not automatically mean you have a rare allergy and can never again touch a mullein . 20. Snuggled next to the mulleins is the badly damaged rose campion, which had been eaten to the ground.