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Leaves Yes, Seeds No

Same plant, two very different parts. One goes in tea. The other was once used to poison fish.

Coloring page: Leaves Yes, Seeds No, starring Cottage Core Curie

Curie's third rule, same family as "know the lookalike": knowing the plant isn't enough — you have to know the right part too. Mullein's leaves and flowers make a gentle tea. Mullein's seeds contain rotenone, a real poison historically used to stun fish. Same plant, completely different jobs depending on which part you're holding.

About Cottage Core Curie

Went and got a real chemistry degree specifically because people kept waving off home-remedy knowledge as "just old wives' tales." She wanted the credentials to say the science was real without needing anyone's permission. Her apron does real work — tool loops, sample pockets, a stain she's stopped bothering to remove — and her mortar and pestle has a personality earned from genuine, decades-long use.