Native to Europe, coltsfoot grows wild in North America and the temperate parts of China. Is a tough, invasive plant that lives in marginal soil, wasteland, roadsides, and sand dunes.
Southern America, Italy, India, Yugoslavia and Egypt.
tobacco is grown in Maryland and Virginia
Some is grown in Florida, but it is chiefly grown in the West Indies, Australia, Southeast Asia, and South and East Africa.
A house plant can be grown through vegetative propagation
Several varieties of Bryophyllum are grown from buds produced at the leaf margins.
The herb Coltsfoot is shaped like a coltsfoot. Therefore the name.
There are no studies of the interactions of coltsfoot with conventional pharmaceuticals or other herbal remedies.
Anti-inflammatory.
Coltsfoot leaves resemble, well, a colt's foot. The size of the plant and the color of its flowers are both similar to a dandelion. The best factor I know of identifying coltsfoot is that, unlike dandelions, the flowers appear long before the leaves.
Coltsfoot is believed to increase the incidence of liver damage and cancerous liver tumors in both laboratory animals and humans.
It eases cats' coughs when they breath in smoke.
Coltsfoot is a perennial herb that grows to a height of 4-10 inches (10-25 cm). The stem is covered with white, downy fibers, leaves are hoof-shaped, and the flowers are yellow.
Tussilago farfara, a member of the daisy family (Asteraceae).
Not to be used by pregnant, nursing women and children under 6 years. Avoid the internal use of coltsfoot, needs more studies. Contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids that could cause liver cancer in large doses. And more . . .
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
A poultice of flowers is sometimes applied to the skin to treat eczema, stings, bites, and skin inflammations.
Asthma, bronchitis, cough, laryngitis and hoarseness, lung cancer symptoms, mouth and throat irritations, sore throat, wheezing.