Asteraceae FAMILY
Petasites hyperboreus
Petasites hyperboreus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Petasites hyperboreus is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.15 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeNorth-western N. America - Alaska to Oregon, east to Saskatchewan.
HabitatMeadows, swampy places and moist woods[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Arctic tundra, moist alpine-subalpine slopes, streams, marshes, edges of moist forests, gravelly or sandy roadsides at elevaions of 10 - 2300 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].