Butterbur / Petasites hybridus. Young leaves of pre-flowering plant.

---

Petasites (there are several types found in temperate Europe) was once used in herbal medicine - even for curing the Plague. It is not an edible plant. This might well be the related Winter Heliotrope / Petasites fragrans.

---

Size: 3264px × 4928px
Location: Mid-Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - plants / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: bachpestwurz, bardana, base, bastarda, bletzen, butter-bur, butter-burr, butterbur, butterburr, butterflydock, cacalia, chapeau, chapeliè, cures, de, deväťsil, devětsil, di, diable, du, echte, erbe, etelänruttojuuri, falsa, foto, gemeine, groot, ground, harilik, herbal, hestehov, hoefblad, hybride, hybridus, izvora, katkujuur, la, leaves, lekársky, lepiężnik, medicina, medicinal, medicinales, medicine, navadni, officinal, peste, pestgeneeskunde, pestrot, pestskrå, pestwurz, petasites, pflanzenheilkunde, plant, plantes, plants, quack, rastlinskega, remedies, repuh, waste, weeds, young, zdravilo, ækjepestrot, édecine, ékařský, étasite, óżowy, ø, ūsklape