petasites pyrenaicus

Petasites pyrenaicus, the winter heliotrope, is a medicinal and ornamental flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.

This perennial grows from deep rhizomes. The leaves are large, up to 20 cm across and stalked with small regular teeth. The species is dioecious, male and female flowers being borne on separate plants. The erect flower-heads grow in short racemes on stems up to 25 cm long with a few scale-leaves. The florets are pinkish-mauve and appear in December in Ireland and from January ...