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Photographer: June M. Dobberpuhl
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Family Asteraceae
Petasites sagittatus (Banks ex Pursh) A.Gray
arrowhead sweet-colt's-foot, arrow-leaf sweet-colt's-foot
Petasites: from for "broad-brimmed hat" referring to large leaves and becoming Greek for "coltsfoot"
sagittatus: from the Latin for "arrow" or "arrow-shaped"
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | perennial, 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 May-June |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal on long stalks, up to 12" long, triangular with arrow to heart-shaped base, whitened beneath |
| Habitat: | wet, cold forests and meadows |
| (Glossary) |
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