coltsfoot

Plural: coltsfeet, coltsfoots

Noun

• tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
• perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly
• An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.
• Various flowering plants in the genus Petasites native to Europe or Asia.
• Homogyne alpina (alpine coltsfoot or purple colt's-foot).

Synonyms

beetleweed, galax, Galax urceolata, galaxy, Tussilago farfara, wandflower