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Rafe Joined: 5/04/2012 Location: Posts: 2	Posted: May/04/2012 8:15 PM PST Growing alone in the middle of a bog in zone 3. Any ideas? Attachments: Quote \| Reply \| Report

Betts Joined: 7/28/2010 Location: Vacaville, CA Posts: 1287	Posted: May/05/2012 12:22 PM PST Wow..I've looked at a lot of bog plants in flower images and then some...but nothing comes really close to it. Hopefully someone who lives near bog areas will know...sorry =[ Quote \| Reply \| Report

Rafe Joined: 5/04/2012 Location: Posts: 2	Posted: May/09/2012 7:56 AM PST Found out it is a "Sweet Coltsfoot". One of 3 varieties but probably a Petasites sagittatus. Quote \| Reply \| Report

told2b Joined: 9/12/2006 Location: Northern, NJ Posts: 8355	Posted: May/09/2012 11:52 AM PST Thanks for the ID. It is called Batter Dock, Bog Rhubarb, Bogs Horns, Burn-blades, Butter-bur, Cap Dockin, Cleats, Kettle Dock, Water Docken, Dunnies, Eldin, Eldin-docken, Ell-docken, Flapper Dock, Flea-dock, Gallon, Gaun, Lagwort, Pestilence Wort, Poison Rhubarb, Son-before-the-Father, Umbrella Leaves. It was called Pestilence Wort from a supposed remedy it formed for pestilential fevers. The name Son-before-the- Father is given because the flowers appear before the leaves. The name Bog Rhubarb is applied because the leaves are like rhubarb. It is called Bogs Horns because children use the hollow stalks as horns or trumpets. The name Butter-bur is given because people in the country wrapped butter in the large leaves. Eldin is a name given because it was used as elden or fuel. Was MP #82 in July 2009. Quote \| Reply \| Report

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