Species

Petasites frigidus (Arctic butterbur)

Petasites frigidus. Photo: (c) shannaarchibold, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Petasites frigidus, the Arctic sweet coltsfoot or Arctic butterbur, 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.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
        Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
        Subfamily: Asteroideae
        Tribe: Senecioneae (Groundsels and allies)
        Subtribe: Tussilagininae
        Genus: Petasites (Butterburs)
        Species: Petasites frigidus (Arctic butterbur)
        Variety: Petasites frigidus palmatus (Western sweet coltsfoot)

Subtaxa

Variety: Petasites frigidus palmatus (Western sweet coltsfoot)

Sightings

Where in Humboldt

Discussion

PLEASE SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT PETASITES FRIGIDUS, THE ARCTIC BUTTERBUR

Advertising supports our journalism. If you would prefer not to see ads, we have another option.

Subscribe

Recently