(n)perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly, Syn.Tussilago farfara
(n)tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall, Syn.Galax urceolata, galaxy, beetleweed, coltsfoot, wandflower