There may be confusion with these plants

Flowers like dandelions

Coltsfoot blooms in a sun-yellow color, just like the ubiquitous dandelion. The shape and size of the flowers are also not dissimilar, but confusion is hardly conceivable. The dandelion is too familiar to us to be mistaken for coltsfoot. Just in case, we list the distinguishing features:

• the flower of the coltsfoot is usually a bit smaller
• its stem is scaled
• the Heyday is from February to April
• the leaves have not yet sprouted during flowering
• Dandelions, on the other hand, bloom from April to June and later
• only after the green leaves have formed

Leaf similarities with butterbur

Butterbur and coltsfoot are old neighbors as they prefer the same locations. Their leaves have many similarities. If you are not familiar with its size and details, you can quickly grab it wrong. The mistake goes unnoticed at home. If you want to avoid mix-ups, you should therefore be careful when picking.

• the likelihood of confusion is higher with young leaves
• fully grown butterbur leaves are larger than those of coltsfoot
• they can reach a diameter of up to 60 cm
• Coltsfoot only reaches 10 to 20 cm
• they are more gently sawn, appear much rounder

Dangers of confusion

If wild plants are confused with one another, it can be dangerous for humans. Damage to health or even danger to life can be the two consequences if the collected material is, contrary to expectations, toxic.

If at Collecting coltsfoot If dandelion or butterbur is accidentally used, no dramatic effects are expected. You are like that Coltsfoot not poisonous. Butterbur even has similar healing properties to offer. The dandelion is edible and a very healthy wild plant. However, if the healing power of coltsfoot is expected, the dandelion cannot serve with it.

Poisonous doppelgangers

In this country, there are no known poisonous plants that inexperienced hobby collectors could mistakenly mistake for coltsfoot.