Coltsfoot seed-heads
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Coltsfoot seed-heads by Jonathan Kington as part of the Geograph project.
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Coltsfoot seed-heads
Image: © Jonathan Kington Taken: 20 Apr 2011
These late flowering Coltsfoot plants are now at the seeding stage, looking very similar to Dandelions. For a more detailed view of one of them see Image Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) produces single, bright yellow, flowers on purplish coloured scaly stems from February to April with rounded heart-shaped leaves that appear after the flower has died back. The flower turns into a Dandelion-like ‘clock’ that is dispersed by the wind. Native and common throughout Britain, except in the extreme North, it prefers a damp habitat. In the past the leaves have been dried and smoked as a remedy for coughs and asthma.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.097033
Longitude
-2.168981