Asteraceae
Arctic sweet coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Petasites
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Common names
By language (6)
- Danish
- Fjeld-Hestehov
- English
- Arctic sweet coltsfoot
- Finnish
- Pohjanruttojuuri
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellpestrot
- Russian
- Белокопытник холодный, Белокопытник угловатый, Мать-и-мачеха северная, Мать-и-мачеха холодная, Мать-и-мачеха холодолюбивая, Нардосмия северная, Нардосмия холодная, Нардосмия холодолюбивая
- Swedish
- Fjällskråp
Synonyms
- Nardosmia angulosa Kuprian.
- Nardosmia angulosa Cass.
- Nardosmia frigida (L.) Hook.
- Nardosmia frigida var. frigida
- Nardosmia nivalis (Greene) Jurtzev
- Petasites corymbosus (R.Br.) Rydb.
- Petasites frigidus subsp. frigidus
- Petasites frigidus subsp. nivalis (Greene) Cody
- Tussilago frigida L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeremy Kirouac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tenneh Garlimah, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jeffrey Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paul lightfoot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.