1. 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
   "Coltsfoot flowers were among the first signs of spring";
   - Tussilago farfara
    
2. 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
   "coltsfoot leaves are popular in floral arrangements for their colour-changing properties";
   - galax, galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, Galax urceolata

Derived forms: coltsfoots

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Galax, genus Tussilago, Tussilago

Encyclopedia: Coltsfoot