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Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus
  
About Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus) 5 Nurseries Carry This Plant Petasites frigidus (Arctic Butterbur or Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot; syn. P. speciosa) is a species of Petasites native to Arctic to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America. It is a herbaceous perennial plant producing flowering stems in early spring, and large leaves through the summer. The upright flowering stems are 10-20 centimeter tall, and bear only 5-12 flower clusters, yellowish-white to pink in colour. The leaves are rounded, 15-20 centimeter broad, with a deeply cleft base and shallowly lobed margin, and rise directly from the underground rootstock. The underside of the leaves is covered with matted, woolly, fuzz. It grows in moist shaded ground, preferring stream banks and seeping ground of cut-banks.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
0.33 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, Yellow, White

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Shade, Part Shade

Nurseries
Nurseries

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Common uses
Common uses
Groundcovers, Deer Resistant

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Wet places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 15.3" - 119.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.18" - 3.44", Coldest Month: 29.4" - 50.4", Hottest Month: 47.2" - 75.4", Humidity: 0.01" - 22.13", Elevation: 7" - 8959"


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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