General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Plant Height: 12-24 inches
Leaves: Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Will Naturalize
Eating Methods: Tea
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Endangered
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Common names
  • Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot
  • Palmate Coltsfoot
  • Sweet Butterbur
  • Palmate Butterbur
  • Western Coltsfoot
  • Arctic Butterbur
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
  • Synonym: Petasites palmatus

Photo Gallery
Location: Caribou Maine
Date: October 2018
Location: Caribou Maine
Date: October 2018
Location: Mnt. Edith Cavell,  Banff/Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06
Location: Klipchuck Campground, WA
Date: 2011-07-06
Location: Robe Canyon Historic Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Robe Canyon Historic Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Robe Canyon Historic Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Robe Canyon Historic Park
photo credit: Walter Siegmund
Location: Johnston Canyon, Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-02

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