Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonicus)

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonicus) by Walter Baxter as part of the Geograph project.

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Japanese Butterbur (Petasites japonicus)

Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 14 Mar 2008

A garden escape that has colonised for the past 50 or 60 years and is now regarded as naturalised. These flowers by the edge of the Yarrow Water are at only one of two recorded sites in Selkirkshire, the other being near Yair Bridge.

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