Common Butterbur (Purple)
Petasites hybridus
- Flowering period
- March–April
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- gut
Common Butterbur (Purple) flowers from mid-March to the end of April, still before its leaves appear, and provides plentiful nectar and plentiful pollen. It grows on stream banks, ditches and damp sites, often in large connected stands. At its flowering time the choice of forage is limited, which is why it is heavily worked. For colonies near water it is an important early flow.
Sources (5)
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Pestwurz, Pflanzensteckbrief bei Die Honigmacher (Deutscher Imkerbund)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Gewöhnliche Pestwurz
- Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments