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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Petasites hybridus (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. [Asteraceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
2
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
blatterdock Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bog rhubarb Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bog-rhubarb Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bogshorns Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
butterbur Other Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
butterdock Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
butterfly dock Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
capdockin Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
common butterbur Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's hat Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
farfaccio Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
farfaraccio Other Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
flapperdock Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
gemeine pestwurz Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gewöhnliche pestwurz Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pestilence wort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pestwurz Other Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994)
Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
petasites Other Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
petasitidis folium Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
petasitidis rhizoma Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
purple butterbur Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pétasite Other Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
pétasite vulgaire Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sweet coltsfoot Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tusilago mayor Other Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
tussilago petasites Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
umbrella plant Other Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
umbrella-plant Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)