sweet coltsfoot

Definitions

1. Various plant species of the genus Petasites.
2. Petasites japonicus, a flowering plant native to Asia; Japanese sweet coltsfoot.
3. Petasites frigidus, a flowering plant native to North America; northern sweet coltsfoot; Arctic butterbur.

Examples

“Certain plants may even be made to yield⟳ salt, by being burned to ashes. One such is the Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites palmata, Gray), a perennial herb of the Composite tribe, having large, rounded, deeply fingered leaves”

“Friends planted the native Sweet Coltsfoot in front of P. japonicus at the bottom of their moist ravine, and the combination makes quite a statement.”

“Other popularly used plants are tassel-flower (Cacalia hastata var. tanakae), plumed thistles (Circium amplexifolium), sweet coltsfoot (Petasites japonicus), and wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)”

“Common understory forbs included, but were not limited to, large-leaved aster, bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), bluebead lily, species of clubmoss, Canada mayflower, and sweet coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus).”

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