TUSSILAGO ALPINA. ALPINE COLTSFOOT.


_Class and Order._

SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA.

_Generic Character._

_Receptaculum_ nudum. _Pappus_ simplex. _Cal._ squamæ æquales, discum
æquantes, submembranaceæ.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

TUSSILAGO _alpina_ scapo unifloro subnudo, foliis cordato orbiculatis
crenatis utrinque virentibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 755._

TUSSILAGO alpina rotundifolia glabra. _Bauh. Pin. 197._

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This species, a native of the Alps, of Switzerland, and Austria, is
frequently kept in gardens for the sake of variety; like the rest of the
genus, it flowers early in the spring, in March and April; is a very
hardy perennial, increases most readily in a moist shady situation, is
usually kept in pots for the convenience of sheltering it in very severe
seasons; but it will grow readily enough in the open border. All plants
that flower early, though ever so hardy, require some kind of shelter,
previous to, and during their flowering.