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colt's-foot
Tussilago farfara
Tussilago farfara, commonly known as coltsfoot,:770 is a plant in the groundsel tribe in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to Europe and parts of western and central Asia. The name "tussilago" is derived from the Latin tussis, meaning cough, and ago, meaning to cast or to act on. It has had uses in traditional medicine, but the discovery of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the plant has resulted in liver health concerns.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.94
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.48
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.490
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.607
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.24
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.78
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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 56222.