Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Petasites frigidus (L.) Fries var. palmatus (Aiton) Cronq.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Nardosmia arctica (Porsild) A.& D. Löve, Petasites arcticus Porsild, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fries ssp. arcticus (Porsild) Cody, Petasites frigidus (L.) Fries ssp. palmatus (Aiton) Cody, Petasites hookerianus (Nutt.) Rydb., Petasites palmata (Aiton) Gray, Petasites palmatus (Aiton) Gray, Petasites speciosus (Nutt.) Piper,

Common names:

Arctic sweet coltsfoot (Present) (50)

Butterbur [Butter bur, Butter-bur] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Palmate butterbur (1942) (155)

Palmate-leaf sweet coltsfoot (1913-1923) (5, 156)