coltsfoot

Noun

• 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

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Tussilago farfara , galax , galaxy , wandflower , beetleweed , Galax urceolata