Today's moment of spring
Spotted a bunch of these little yellow flowers during today's Otto walk. As people helpfully pointed out last year, the flowers are coltsfoot -- usually one of the first wildflowers to appear each spring.
We were reading up on the plant today. As it happens, Tussilago farfara is an invasive species from Europe, perhaps brought here by colonialists to be used for medicinal purposes (though apparently it's now been determined to be toxic).
Oh, and the name "coltsfoot" refers to the shape of the plant's leaves, which emerge later in the season.
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