COLTSFOOT
tussilago farfara



HABITAT
Coltsfoot grows abundantly throughout England, especially along
the sides of railway banks and in waste places, on poor stiff soils,
growing as well in wet ground as in dry situations.
It has long-stalked, hoof-shaped leaves,
about 4 inches across, with angular teeth on the margins.
Both surfaces are covered, when young, with loose, white,
felted woolly hairs, but those on the upper surface
fall off as the leaf expands.
This felty covering easily rubs off and before the introduction
of matches, wrapped in a rag dipped in a solution
of saltpetre and dried in the sun,
used to be considered an excellent tinder.


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