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Petasites Live Root (Petasites palmatus)

(3 customer reviews)

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Family:  Aster (Asteraceae)

Zones 6 to 10

(Western Butterbur) Herbaceous perennial flowering white to 3 feet tall.  Native to the Western US.  The plant bears luxurious, umbrella-shaped leaves up to a foot across. Traditional use (TWM, Native American):  Antitussive, pain relief, poultice to swellings, rheumatic joints.  Contains low levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids.  Plant prefers gravelly soils, regular garden soils, and/or streamside habitat.  Will take sun or shade.  Easily grown from a root, just nestle the root into the surface of the soil with the rootlets going down the rhizome (the long, fat part) about half covered with soil.  Keep watered until the root sends up leaves.  After that, water occasionally.  Space plants 1 foot apart.

Live root, Open Pollinated, Untreated, NO GMO’s

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  1. Question

    Tae Ho Noh

    Could you please ship now?
    I need to plant these days.

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  2. Julie Preston

    Julie Preston (verified owner)

    Packaged with great care. Generous size, some with foliage. Planted easily. Thank you.

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    Dawn Kinzel (verified owner)

    Would you consider butterbur a “starchy” root? I have a friend looking into herbal pain relief for her son, but he’s on a Specific Carbohydrate Diet and can’t use starch.

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  4. Katy Thomas

    Katy Thomas (verified owner)

    Plants came in. All are nicely packaged and lots of roots.

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    • Sara

      i live in north central alabama (toenails of appalachian mountains). soil varies over my holding (land). what do i need to look for or how do i prepare soil to grow these pets sites tuber grow robustly? thanks

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Sara, thanks for writing. Very similar to here, really, we’re in the foothills of the siskiyous. petasites loves that kind of place–best to plant streamside in the shade but will do ok in a regular shade garden situation. richo

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