Asteraceae
Common butterbur
Petasites hybridus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Petasites
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- قبعة مخزنية, الباطاسيطس, حشيشة القرعان, سنج, عشبة الطاعون
- arz
- بيتاسيت هجين
- Azerbaijani
- Hibrid öskürəkotu
- Belarusian
- Белакапытнік гібрыдны, Маташнік лекавы, Цар-трава
- Bulgarian
- Хибридна чобанка
- Catalan
- Petasita
- Chinese
- 紫蜂斗菜, 紫蜂鬥菜
- Croatian
- Repuh
- csb
- Kòpëtnik
- Czech
- Devětsil lékařský
- Danish
- Rød hestehov
- Dutch
- Groot hoefblad
- English
- Common butterbur, Pestilence wort, Bog rhubarb, Butterbur, Devil’s hat
- Estonian
- Harilik katkujuur
- Finnish
- Etelänruttojuuri
- French
- Grand pétasite, Pétasite officinal
- German
- Gewöhnliche Pestwurz
- Hungarian
- Vörös acsalapu
- Japanese
- セイヨウフキ
- kw
- Troos margh
- Latvian
- Bastarda tūsklape
- Lithuanian
- Plačialapis šaukštis
- Macedonian
- Лопушник
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Legepestrot
- Persian
- سایبان
- Polish
- Lepiężnik różowy
- Russian
- Белокопытник гибридный
- Slovak
- Deväťsil lekársky
- Slovenian
- Navadni repuh
- Swedish
- Pestskråp
- Ukrainian
- Кремена гібридна
- Welsh
- Alan mawr, Dail tryfan
Synonyms
- Cineraria hybrida (L.) Bernh.
- Petasites georgicus Manden.
- Petasites hybridus subsp. georgicus (Manden.) Toman
- Petasites officinalis Moench
- Petasites ovatus Hill
- Petasites pratensis Jord.
- Petasites vulgaris Desf.
- Tussilago hybrida L.
- Tussilago petasites L.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,081 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Healthy Yards, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rochelle Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Gérard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dietmar K. L. Moser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Richard Bartz , Munich aka Makro Freak, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vasyl Pokynchereda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Iemma, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Heiko Weber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.