Coltsfoot varieties.

  Coltsfoot has no cultivated varieties, as it is a wild medicinal plant and rhizomatous weed. There is only one species in the genus Tussilago: Tussilago farfara (common coltsfoot). 

Coltsfoot

 Breeders do not develop ornamental or garden varieties of this plant, as it reproduces naturally in the wild and is often considered a weed in gardens. Plant characteristics: Single species: Tussilago farfara. Family: Asteraceae (Compositae). Uses: Used in folk and traditional medicine (as decoctions for coughs and inflammation). Origin of the name: The underside of the leaf is fuzzy and warm ("coltsfoot"), while the top is smooth and cool ("coltsfoot").

Coltsfoot is a monotypic genus of early spring flowering plants.

 Coltsfoot (Latin: Tussilago) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family (Compositae), containing only one species: common coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara). It is an early spring perennial with characteristic flowers and leaves, which have a smooth, cool upper side (the "coltsfoot") and a soft, downy underside (the "coltsfoot"). It is widely used in folk and traditional medicine as an expectorant, emollient, and diaphoretic, as well as a good honey plant.

Coltsfoot is a monotypic
genus of early spring
flowering plants.

 Plant Characteristics

 Classification: Monotypic genus of flowering plants, family Asteraceae.

 Single species: Common coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara).

Coltsfoot Plant.

 A genus of perennial early spring herbs of the Asteraceae family.

 The only species is coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara).

 It is widespread in Eurasia, North Africa and North America. It grows along the banks of reservoirs and the bottoms of damp ravines, on steep clay slopes, in forests, along roads, and on railway embankments.

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Coltsfoot Plant.

 Coltsfoot is a medicinal plant. Its leaves and flower baskets contain mucous substances, the glycoside tussilagin, saponins, carotenoids, and ascorbic acid.

 It is also an ornamental early spring plant and a good honey plant.