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Butterbur is used today in controlling the headaches, asthma and serious cases of cough. During the Middle Ages it was used to treat the plague known as the "black death".
The Butterbur, a plant nearly allied to the Coltsfoot - being the Tussilago petasites of Linnaeus - is found in wet ground, lowlying, marshy meadows and by riversides, but is usually local.
Japanese butterbur is a member of the daisy family. It produces blooms in late winter, before any foliage appears. Clusters of yellow-green blooms, more bizarre than beautiful, push from the soil in March like some odd botanical snow-cone.
John's Wort, Wayfaring Tree, Weld, Welsh Mudwort, Welsh Poppy, Welsh Star of Bethlehem, Welted Thistle, Western Clover, Western Gorse, White Beak-sedge, White Bryony, White Butterbur, White Campion, White Clover, White Dead-nettle, White Frog Orchid, ...
vulgaris (Common Butterbur), is a native plant, 2 to 2 1/2 feet high, closely allied to the common Coltsfoot, but having great Rhubarb-like leaves. The flowers appear in spring before the leaves, and are a dull pinkish-purple.
Synonyms and Common names: Fafara, Coughwort, Horsehoof, English tobacco, bullsfoot, foals foot, horsefoot, butterbur, flower velure, hallfoot, fieldhove, donnhove, son before father ...
canadensis), Bedstraws (Galium boreale, G. triflorum), Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), Panicle Bluebells (Mertensia paniculata), Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra), Pink Pyrola (Pyrola asarifolia), Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), Butterbur ...
 See also: May, Grass, Yew, Lilac, Rose
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