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Read more about Lesser Burdock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Arctium minus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium minus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-26-003:
Arctium minus
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Lesser Burdock
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JK Marlow jkm150422_403
April Jackson County NC
Petiole of the basal leaves hollow (at least toward base), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
Sam Pratt sbp_20140428_150528
April Spartanburg County SC
A basal whorl of large ovate, cordate, serrate leaves, 15-45cm long, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
JK Marlow jkm120920_957
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Flowers suggestive of a Thistle, but the leaves are neither prickly or spiny, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120920_959
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Leaves alternate, ovate, serrate-dentate, cordate to truncate, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120920_959b
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Involucres globose, their bracts terminating in long sharply hooked spines, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120920_973
September Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Leaves loosely tomentose to floccose beneath, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.