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Coltsfoot Blossoms
Tussilago farfara | July 5, 2010 |
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Among the very first flowers of the spring were the Coltsfoot. (Is the plural coltsfeet?)
(And, yes, I should have posted these earlier, in April, when the photos were taken.)
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Apparently, the coltsfoot gets its name from its fleshy stalk, which to some people (those that name things) looked like a colt's foot.
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Personally, I think the fleshy stalk looks a little odd, but the bright yellow flowers certainly enlivened the State College, Pennsylvania, game land.
According to the Audubon field guide, cough drops can be made from its leaves and tea can be steeped from dried leaves. Photo note: I used a Pentax K20D, with the SMC-DA 55-300mm lens, on 1 April 2010, for these photos. | |
