Arctic butterbur

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Arctic butterbur

noun Arctic butterburs

A flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot. Note that although medicinal species of Petasites, including purple butterbur (Petasites hybridus) and Arctic butterbur (Petasites frigidus), are not listed in this text, these species also contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

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@misc{arctic_butterbur_2026,
  title = {Arctic butterbur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arctic%20butterbur},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}