Butterbur by durleybeachbum
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Description
Petasites hybridus.
According to tradition, the large leaves of this plant were used for wrapping butter, which is how it got its English name.
The leaves can grow to almost 36"/90cms across and have a dense felting of hairs underneath.
The genus name Petasites comes from the Greek for a broad-brimmed hat, and the 16th Century herbalist John Gerard wrote that the leaf 'is bigge and large inough to keepe a mans head from raine and from the heat of the sunne'.
The male plant is common throughout Britain but the female plant is confined to some northern counties.
It spreads by vigorous creeping underground roots.
The leaves only develop after the flowers have died.
Info from Readers Digest 'Wild Flowers of Britain.
Comments (27)
monjo71
Very cool looking plant. Thank you for the info on this.
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
ragouc
Very good close up
jayfar
A very interesting plant and a splendid pic Andrea.
johndoop
Thi is a amazing plant nice shot!!!
blinkings
Wow I am quite sure I have never seen one of them before!
Juliette.Gribnau
your spring is a bit further than ours.... I think we will be there in one more week beautiful capture
dakotabluemoon
This is a very interesting plant never heard of it but i like the color also.
Faemike55
Beautiful flower and interesting bit of information
photosynthesis
New to me too - fine shot of this interesting plant - like all those white tendrils that remind me of anemones...
Adobe_One_Kenobi
What a lovely plant.
moochagoo
Love that kind of flower.
helanker
Super shot of this very lovely plant. Hehe! the accent was fun. Even to read :)
pat40
Beautiful.
Hendesse
An interesting plant. Excellent shot, fantastic details.
jendellas
Lovely colour, very pretty!!
Katraz
There's a ditch not far from home with a load of this growing in it but its not even started to wake up yet.
sandra46
WONDERFUL IMAGE!
Blush
Never saw or heard of this type plant before until now........ Very unusual & different looking... some are still waiting to bud out it seems.................The buds look like delicate crepe paper.... love that color too...gonna look it up and see what i can find on it and see if it will grow here in Ky......... Thanks for the unusual pic and the info and name Hugs Susan~
goodoleboy
Outstanding contrast and detail in this pretty pic, Andrea.
wysiwig
You could have titled this "And now for something completely different." I've never heard of this one. A wonderful image and some fascinating information.
danapommet
Fantastic information Andrea and an outstanding/colorful bloom!
dwarvenkind
Lovely capture. Nice shot.
MrsRatbag
I also have not heard of or seen this, but how lovely it is!
whaleman
Awesome shot!
aksirp
wow, wrapping butter, how cool is this!!! Brave Andrea, beautiful plant and so useful!
dochtersions
So lovely, Andrea! To-day I captured a lot of them. The slope next to the stream is full of these in all sizes. Not far away from our home, I was picking nettles to eat in soup.