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Tussilago farfara

Русское название: Мать-и-мачеха

A spring-flowering plant whose yellow heads often appear before the leaves. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids associated with liver toxicity, making casual herbal use potentially unsafe.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

Photograph of Tussilago farfara — View author & license · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Safety information

Do not use photographs or online summaries to identify wild plants for eating or medicinal use. Some poisonous plants resemble edible species and even handling certain species can cause harm. If poisoning is suspected, contact your local poison service or urgent medical care. Do not wait for symptoms.

Poison Control: poisonous plants (US) ↗

◎Distribution

Europe and temperate Asia; introduced elsewhere

♧Habitat

Damp banks, roadsides and disturbed ground

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsTussilago farfara — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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