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Butterburs
Petasites
Petasites is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, that are commonly referred to as butterburs and coltsfoots. They are perennial plants with thick, creeping underground rhizomes and large rhubarb-like leaves during the growing season. Most species are native to Asia or southern Europe.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Arctic Butterbur
speciesPetasites frigidus
Common Butterbur
speciesPetasites hybridus
White Butterbur
speciesPetasites albus
Giant Butterbur
speciesPetasites japonicus
Winter Heliotrope
speciesPetasites pyrenaicus
Woolly Butterbur
speciesPetasites spurius
Alpine Butterbur
speciesPetasites paradoxus
Petasites formosanus
speciesPetasites formosanus
Petasites radiatus
speciesPetasites radiatus
Petasites kablikianus
speciesPetasites kablikianus
Tatewaki’s coltsfoot
speciesPetasites tatewakianus
Petasites rubellus
speciesPetasites rubellus
Petasites tricholobus
speciesPetasites tricholobus
Petasites × lorenzianus
hybridPetasites × lorenzianus
Petasites × alpestris
hybridPetasites × alpestris
Doerfler's Butterbur
speciesPetasites doerfleri
Petasites versipilus
speciesPetasites versipilus
Petasites anapetrovianus
speciesPetasites anapetrovianus
Giant Butterbur × Winter Heliotrope
hybridPetasites japonicus × pyrenaicus
Petasites × rechingeri
hybridPetasites × rechingeri
Petasites × sachalinensis
hybridPetasites × sachalinensis
Petasites fominii
speciesPetasites fominii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.678
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.676
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.598
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.487
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.606
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.266
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.608
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.608
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.498
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.492
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.492
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.150
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Petasites in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55779.