Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tussilago farfara L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ass's foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asses’ foot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bull's foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
butterbur	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colt's-foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colts foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colts-foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
coltsfoot	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
coltsfoot flower	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
coltsfoot flowers	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
coltsfoot leaves	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
common coltsfoot flower	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
coughwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
fanjiyun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
farfara	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
farfarae flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
farfarae flower	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
farfarae folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
farfarae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
farfarae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
farfaro	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flos farfarae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
foal's foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
foalswort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
folia farfarae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
gwandonghwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
horse foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huflattich	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
huflattichblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
huflattichblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
huflattichkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
huflattichwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
huki-tanpopo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hästhov	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
k'uan tung	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
k'uan tung hua	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kadimki ogoy ene	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
khoản đông hoa	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
kuan dong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kuan dong hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kuandonghua	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
maci-mačycha	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
mat' -i-machekha obyknovennaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
mat'-i-machekha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mać-mačycha	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
okkaldirrnok	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
oksurukotu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
oqqaldirmoq	Other	Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
pa khari	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
padbiel	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
pas d’âne	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
son-before-the-father	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tash plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
to wu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
toong fah	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tung hua	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tusilago	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tussilage	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
tussilagem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tussilaginis folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tussilago	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tussilago farfara	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
unha-de-cavalo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vichio	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
watpan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
watpana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
welcome winter	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
winter heliotrope	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
мaцi-мaчыxa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
мaць-мaчыxa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
мати й мачуха	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
мать-и-мачеха	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
пaдбeл	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
款冬	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
款冬花	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower	dried flower bud	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
flower		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
flower	dried bud	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Flower, leaf		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Roots, Leaves, Whole plant		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Flower, Whole plant, Flower bud, Leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
inﬂorescences		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
bud	dried bud	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
aerial parts, inflorescences, leaves		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
leaf, flower, flower bud, whole plant		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
flower bud		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Bud, leaf		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
flower	dried flower bud	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
inflorescence		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
flower bud		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
flower bud		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
flowers, leaves, roots		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
flower bud		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cineraria farfara (L.) Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 146 (1800).
Farfara radiata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 177 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Petasites farfara Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 58, 309 (1882).
Tussilago alpestris Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz: 842 (1840).
Tussilago farfara var. spinulifolia Elias ex Sennen Bull. Géogr. Bot. 24: 242 (1914).
Tussilago generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 13: 99 (1905).
Tussilago radiata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 177 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Tussilago ruderalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 195 (1796).
Tussilago rupestris Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2990 (1831).
Tussilago umbertina Borbás Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 349 (1904).
Tussilago vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 71 (1779).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tussilago farfara	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Tussilago farfara L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Tussilago farfara Linn.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Tussilago farfara Linne	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Tussilago farfara Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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