Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a flower in the daisy family that’s been used for medicinal purposes. However, research suggests there may be negative effects associated with it. Share on Pinterest ...

If you look carefully in the spring woods, you might be surprised to find what looks like a clump of small yellow dandelions. They’re pretty petty things. But look closer. There are no leaves.

Q: Being new to life in the country, we wonder where a good place -- not too far -- would be to learn about "South County" nature, and also, what we thought were very early dandelions on closer ...

Coltsfoot is popping up all over my new flower beds. Is there any way to get rid of it without resorting to chemical weedkillers, which I don’t want to use for environmental reasons? RJ, Kilkenny ...

SOME time ago, when I was carrying out some investigations concerning the behaviour of plants, I came across the statement, in Sir J. E. Smith's "English Flora" (1829), that the flowers of the ...

LAST year I recorded 1 (NATURE, vol. xxv. p. 241) Coltsfoot in blossom on January 6, on the sides of the railway near here, probably an unprecedentedly early date. The mild weather lately prevailing ...

Coltsfoot, often mistaken for dandelions, blooms in early spring and lacks leaves during its flowering stage. Unlike dandelions with toothed leaves, coltsfoot develops heart-shaped leaves after ...