Colts Foot

 Here it is. I was able to go back in the woods with my camera to photograph my first find of the season. Colts foot first comes up without its leaves. They appear later in the spring. The leaves were used in the 19 century to make cough candies or cough drops as we call them. Colts Foot comes up so early that it is an important bee plant. It is an early source of pollen for the bees.

Where I found it : On an open path in the woods.