What a great overview of Coltsfoot.. I am on the medical side and collect a years supply for drying each spring. I had been careful and never moved any to the farm, preferring to wild forage it, but I think I might have to dig a dozen this spring and move it onto my own land to make sure it stays easily available to me.
Coltsfoot: Harbinger of Spring, Medicinal Plant or Aggressive Weed?
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Just another Day on the Farm 
Yes, they are similar, at a quick glance (like while driving by a clump on the roadside; ) but then you realise the yellow’s not quite “right” – just a little too bright, they’re growing much too closely together and their silver seed heads are WAY thicker/ fuzzier than a Dandelion ever though of being (like you can’t even catch a glimpse of a Coltsfoot seed through that silken globe of parachutes-to-be… ; )
Many years ago, they just showed up in my flower bed and have not become seriously invasive and I love their cheerful announcement that Spring has truly arrived: )
And, like everything else in the garden, it is a useful plant…