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White Butterbur

Petasites albus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 275, February 203, March 318, April 501, May 722, June 788, July 843, August 725, September 532, October 397, November 217, December 170.
United States5,692
Alaska5,692
Austria2,317
Steiermark1,045
Germany936
Italy722
Czechia668
Switzerland552
Bayern535
Nord-Ovest383

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusButterburs · Petasites

Sources

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