Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Butterbur, Petasites hybridus, Gallán mór
Lissarda, Co. Cork and Glasnevin, Dublin

Butterbur
Petasites hybridus
Gallán mór
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: March-May. Perennial. Native.

The first of the unscented, pale pinkish-lilac flowers appear on stout stalks before the leaves. Dioecious, the male flowers (illustrated) are larger than the female. The very large, toothed and more/less rounded leaves grow to 1m. diameter and can cover large areas. Mainly spreads vegetatively from fragments of the rhizomes. Height 20-75cm

Widespread throughout Ireland on damp, fertile soils on roadsides, riversides, wet meadows and in open woodland.

Butterbur, Petasites hybridus, Gallán mór

Butterbur, Petasites hybridus, Gallán mór
Butterbur, Petasites hybridus, Gallán mór

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