Tussilago farfara L.
(Coltsfoot)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
TribeSenecioneae (a tribe of composites)
SubfamilyASTEROIDEAE (“daisies”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot) :
1: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
24 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
several groups of large plants, abundantly flowering
Image 1: Capitulum - face viewImage 2: Capitulum - side viewImage 3: Flowering clump - large - oblique viewImage 4: Flowering clump - large - top viewImage 5: Flowering clump - medium - oblique viewImage 6: Flowering clump - medium - oblique view (2)Image 7: Flowering clump - medium - side viewImage 8: Flowering clump - medium - top viewImage 9: Flowering clump - medium - top view (2)Image 10: Flowering clump - medium - top view (3)Image 11: Flowering clump - medium - top view (4)Image 12: Flowering clump - medium - top view (5)Image 13: Flowering clump - medium - top view (6)Image 14: Flowering clump - medium - top view (7)Image 15: Flowering clumpsImage 16: Flowering clump - small - side viewImage 17: Flowering clump - small - side view (2)Image 18: Flowering clump - small - top viewImage 19: Plants on disturbed groundImage 20: Plants on disturbed ground (2)Image 21: Plants on disturbed ground (3)Image 22: Plants on disturbed ground (4)
2: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
14 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: LeafImage 2: Plant
3: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
20 May 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: LeafImage 2: Leaves
4: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
3 May 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
(a bit late in the season. The seeds were apparently infertile)
Image 1: Capitulum after seeds have blownImage 2: Seed headImage 3: Seed head (2)Image 4: Seed head (3)Image 5: Seed head - close-upImage 6: Seed head just before expandingImage 7: Seed head with ripening seedsImage 8: Seeds on capitulum
5: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
7 Mar 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Pollen grainImage 2: Pollen grainsImage 3: Pollen grains (2)
6: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
4 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Leaf blade - uppersideImage 2: Leaf blade - undersideImage 3: Leaf - uppersideImage 4: Leaf - undersideImage 5: Leaf - underside - close-upImage 6: Plant - leaves from aboveImage 7: Plant - leaves from belowImage 8: Young leaf - upperside
7: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
7 Mar 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Disc floretsImage 2: Flower budImage 3: Flower bud (2)Image 4: Flower head - LSImage 5: Flower heads - lateral viewImage 6: Flower heads - lateral view (2)Image 7: Flower heads - lateral view (3)Image 8: Flower heads - top viewImage 9: Flower head - top viewImage 10: Flower head - top view (2)Image 11: Flower head - top view (3)Image 12: PlantImage 13: Plant (2)Image 14: Ray florets
8: Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
21 Mar 1969 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
under hedge in garden
Image 1: Flowers - close-up - top view

Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
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