Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a flower in the daisy family that’s been used for medicinal purposes. However, research suggests there may be negative effects associated with it. Share on Pinterest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you look carefully in the spring woods, you might be surprised to find what looks like a clump of small yellow dandelions. They ...

It’s not supposed to be 79 degrees on March 10, but it was this past Tuesday afternoon. While I was out walking around the yard late in the day looking at my flower gardens, I found myself sweating ...

Hexham, Northumberland: It’s back in flower on the riverbank – 80 years ago, mobilised herb-gatherers would have been harvesting this as part of the wartime effort On our way into town this morning we ...

In the southern Appalachians, ramps have long been seen as a harbinger of spring. Springtime festivals celebrate the arrival ...

This charming member of the sunflower family enlivens forest floors and Western roadsides in early spring. Although sweet coltsfoot has been used medicinally, it should not be confused with medicinal ...

SOME time ago, when I was carrying out some investigations concerning the behaviour of plants, I came across the statement, in Sir J. E. Smith's "English Flora" (1829), that the flowers of the ...

11 January 1921 The changing face of nature gives a soothing, mental rest when we are wearied by the perplexing whirl of commerce and politics In spring, and more noticeably in that part of winter ...

If you look carefully in the spring woods, you might be surprised to find what looks like a clump of small yellow dandelions. They’re pretty petty things. But look closer. There are no leaves.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not supposed to be 79 degrees on March 10, but it was this past Tuesday afternoon. While I was out walking around the yard ...

Coltsfoot, often mistaken for dandelions, blooms in early spring and lacks leaves during its flowering stage. Unlike dandelions with toothed leaves, coltsfoot develops heart-shaped leaves after ...