Common Butterbur

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Common Butterbur | image = Petasites_hybridus_closeup.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Asterales | familia = Asteraceae | genus = Petasites | species = P. hybridus | binomial = Petasites hybridus | binomial_authority = (L.) P.Gaertn., May. & Scherb. }}

Common Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe and northern Asia. The flowers are produced in the early spring, before the leaves appear; they are pale pink, with several inflorescences clustered on a 5-20 cm stem. The leaves are large, on stout 80-120 cm tall stems, round, with a diameter of 40-70 cm.

It is also occasionally called Pestilence wort. Synonyms include P. officinalis, P. ovatus and P. vulgaris.

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