Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tussilago farfara L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ass's foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 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 Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
coltsfoot flower	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
common coltsfoot flower	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
coughwort	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
farfara	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Herbal Medicines, 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 Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
farfarae flower	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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) Pharmacopoeia 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)
fárfara	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
gwandonghwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
horse foot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
huflattich	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
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)
hästhov	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kadimki ogoy ene	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kuan dong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants 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) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
mat' -i-machekha obyknovennaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
mat'-i-machekha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
okkaldirrnok	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
pas d’âne	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pas-d'ane	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
pie d`asino	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
pie de caballo	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
son-before-the-father	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tash plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tussilage	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
tussilagem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tussilaginis folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tussilago farfara	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
unha-de-cavalo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vichio	Other	The 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)
мати й мачуха	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
мать-и-мачеха	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
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) TCM Plants 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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
flower		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
flower	dried bud	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Flower, leaf		Herbal Medicines, 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 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
inﬂorescences		The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
bud	dried bud	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
flower bud		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	dried flower bud	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
inflorescence		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
flower bud		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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 Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 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 generalis E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm) 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	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Tussilago farfara L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 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) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) 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 the Mediterranean: 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 Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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)
Tussilago farfara Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Tussilago farfara Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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