Asteraceae? Woodland ground cover...

[Jupiter]

Can someone put a name to this? I thought it was an Asarum, until it flowered...

[Maggi Young]

Petasites        I'd have said Petasites fragrans but there should be lobes at the leaf stalks .....


 edit .... maybe P. paradoxus?

[Jupiter]

Thanks Maggi, I think it is P. fragrans, but immature perhaps? I like it... I may get some more.

[fermi de Sousa]

Hi Jamus,
You need to visit the Dandenongs to see how it carpets the road verges!
I mistook it for Coltsfoot once and introduced it to a garden where it went feral. We moved!
It responds well to Glyphosate so as long as you don't object to using weed killer you can (hopefully) keep it under control.
cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Oh dear! I didn't know it could be invasive like that. It can't go far in the spot I have it and I need things which actually grow.