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.