Sweet Butterbur (Petasites palmatus)

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Pink. Main Bloom Time: Late winter. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Shoots, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young flower stalks, used before the flower buds appear, are boiled until tender and seasoned with salt. Flower buds - cooked. Leafstalks - peeled and eaten raw. The ash of the plant is used as a salt substitute. — Young flower stalks, used before the flower buds appear, are boiled until tender and seasoned with salt.; Flower buds - cooked.; Leafstalks - peeled and eaten raw.; The ash of the plant is used as a salt substitute.

Habitat & North American Range

Low woods, glades and damp clearings. Swamps and along the sides of streams. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)