Question: Good day! I'm Stumped! This is flowering now (05-14) in Northeastern Vermont. It's roadside....Leaves look like rhubarb...it's growing in a …
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Good day! I'm Stumped! This is flowering now (05-14) in Northeastern Vermont. It's roadside....Leaves look like rhubarb...it's growing in a large patch that is often damp to wet with run-off, and then dries out. I just found your site, so if you need more info lmk and I will go back and get better details.... Thanks!
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Dear Streakdog, you have photographed Petasites hybridus (butterbur sweet-coltsfoot). This is a non-native member of the Asteraceae that has been introduced to a few locations in New England. A beautiful plant, but it can be invasive in open areas.
