1830 J. F. Watson 470 They [sc. the earliest Swedish settlers] called the mullein plant the Indian tobacco; they tied it round their arms and feet, as a cure when they had the ague.
2000 (Nexis) 12 Aug. c2 But the plants filling the wheelbarrow weren't my idea of weeds at all. There were several husky, five-foot-tall mullein plants, yanked by the roots.