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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Petasites frigidus (L.) Fr. var. palmatus (Aiton) Cronquist
Arctic sweet-colt's-foot, northern sweet-colt's-foot
Petasites: from for "broad-brimmed hat" referring to large leaves and becoming Greek for "coltsfoot"
frigidus: stiff, of the cold
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-20" tall, woolly forb; from clone-forming rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 1/2" long with white to pinkish disk flowers; inflorescence with heads in an open, branched cluster; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal, up to 15" wide, 5-11 palmate lobes, rounded to kidney-shaped in outline, whitened beneath, on long stalks |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture to wet; forests, meadows |
| (Glossary) |
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