colt's-foot

Tussilago farfara

Summary 2

Tussilago farfara, commonly known as coltsfoot,:770 is a plant in the groundsel tribe in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to Europe and parts of western and central Asia. The name "tussilago" is derived from the Latin tussis, meaning cough, and ago, meaning to cast or to act on. It has had uses in traditional medicine, but the discovery of toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the plant has resulted in liver health concerns.

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  1. (c) Steve Chilton, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/73779416@N00/419380643
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tussilago_farfara

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