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Homogyne alpina alpina (Coltsfoot)

Synonyms: Homogyne montana; Petasites alpinus; Tussilago alpestris (heterotypic); Tussilago alpina (heterotypic)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Homogyne alpina alpina

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Bee Flower Color [2]  UV-Green
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Height [3]  12 inches (.3 m)
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees, Beetles
Structure [5]  Herb
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [4]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [4]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist

Protected Areas

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Golovinomyces cichoracearum[6]
Puccinia poarum (Coltsfoot Rust gall)[6]
Uredo campanulae[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
3PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0