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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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bog rhubarb Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
bog-rhubarb Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bogshorns Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
butterbur Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
butterdock Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
butterfly dock Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
capdockin Other Herbal Meds., 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)
flapperdock Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
gemeine pestwurz Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gewöhnliche pestwurz Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pestilence wort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
petasites Other 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 Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
purple butterbur Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pétasite vulgaire Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
radix petasitidis Other WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
sweet coltsfoot Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tussilago petasites Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
umbrella plant Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
umbrella-plant Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)