Sweet Coltsfoot (Petasites nivalis)

Yellow Aster Butte Trail, Mt. Baker Wilderness Area, WA, 7/2016.
Young leaves and flowers can be eaten raw. Native Americans used the dried stems as a salt substitute.
Female flowers are rayless, while male flowers have short rays. These pink flowers quickly move to a dandelion-like puff of white seeds that are dispersed by the wind.
Pharaoh Creek Trail, Banff N.P., Alberta, Canada, 7/2011.
Bagley Lake Trail, Mt. Baker Wilderness Area, WA 7/2016.
Yellow Aster Butte Trail, Mt. Baker Wilderness Area, WA 7/2016.
Home Sweet Home, Olympic National Park, WA, 8/2018.
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This entry was posted on August 11, 2011 by nwwildflowers. It was filed under Alberta, alpine/subalpine meadow, aster/composite, August, Cascades, Coastal, Columbia Gorge West, edible, Low Elevation, March, marsh wetland/water's edge, pink, Southern Oregon / Northern California, umbel and was tagged with Banff, flower, Pharaoh Creek Trail, Wildflowers.
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