Coltsfoot

Every year Coltsfoots are the first wild flowers we can see here in Norway. It's so nice to find the first Coltsfoot after a long and dark winter. To me Coltsfoot is the most important sign of Spring. The little flower with color like the sun, it's so beautiful.

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) - hestehov in Norwegian - is a plant in the family Asteraceae.

It has been used medicinally as a cough suppressant. The name "tussilago" itself means "cough suppressant." The plant has been used since at least historical times to treat lung ailments such as asthma as well as various coughs by way of smoking. Crushed flowers supposedly cured skin conditions, and the plant has been consumed as a food product. Other common names include Ass's foot, Bull's foot, Butterbur, Coughwort, Farfara, Foal's foot, Foalswort, Horse Foot and Winter heliotrope.