Coltsfoot - how's that for a wildflower's name!
The name is actually a description of its leaf
which does not appear until after the flower blooms.
Do you see how the leaf is shaped like the hoof of a small horse or colt?
Coltsfoot is blooming now in Wildwood and is bright enough and large
enough to be easily seen.
enough to be easily seen.
Do you see a flower that is trying to hide behind a leaf in the photo below?
You might mistake coltsfoot for dandelion which will be blooming later.
However, if you carefully take a look at the backside of coltsfoot, you will see that it
is a reddish color and not at all like a dandelion.
Colstfoot will try to fool you again when its seed puffs form in April.
It tries to look like dandelion again. How do you think the seeds might spread?
Look for coltsfoot the next time you walk though Wildwood.
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