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coltsfoot| Perennial plant belonging to the daisy family. The single yellow flower heads have many narrow rays (not petals), and the stems have large purplish scales. The large leaf, up to 22 cm/9 in across, is shaped like a horse's foot and gives the plant its name. Coltsfoot grows in Europe, northern Asia, and North Africa, often on bare ground and in waste places, and has been introduced to North America. It was formerly used in medicine. (Tussilago farfara, family Compositae.) |
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| Under the trees, carpeting the whole landscape, the emerald velvet of the new grass is scattered with thousands of crimson anemones, their pure blood-red complemented by millions of tiny white chamomile flowers, blue and pink iris, yellow coltsfoot, violets, and miles of pinky-mauve flowers whose name I do not know. tansy ragwort, coltsfoot, hound's tongue), especially Senecio species, have long been problematic in the western United States and are well known for livestock poisonings. Other traditional remedies used specifically for asthma include coltsfoot, yerba santa, wild cherry bark, gingerroot, pepermint, red clover, comfrey, nettle, parsley, and thyme. |