Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara LinnaeusNon-native    Synonyms: Colt’s foot.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Asterales   >   Family Asteraceae   >   Genus Tussilago   

Description:

Coltsfoot is one of the first spring wildflowers to bloom. The flowers, which emerge from the ground before the leaves, somewhat resemble dandelions, but the stalks are long and, unlike dandelions, have scale leaves. After the blooms have gone to seed a single large green leaf emerges.

Where to find:

Roadsides, fields, waste places.

There are 290 records in the project database.

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Coltsfoot blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/19/2015). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/5/2014). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/19/2016). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/8/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/3/2010). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (3/31/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/21/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/18/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/13/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/5/2015). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/21/2015). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Washington Co., Maryland (2/22/2020). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/26/2013). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/10/2011). Photo by R. Child. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/10/2016). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot growing in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/20/2016). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/1/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/18/2014). Photo by Dwight Johnson. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot going to seed in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/23/2016). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Coltsfoot in Baltimore Co., Maryland (10/3/2020). (c) Peter M Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Peter M Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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