NameThatPlant.net: Arctium lappa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arctium lappa FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Greater Burdock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium lappa FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Arctium lappa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Arctium lappa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-26-001:

Arctium lappa FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Greater Burdock

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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_059

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arla3_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Arctium lappa FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium lappa FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Arctium lappa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Arctium lappa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-26-001:
Arctium lappa FAMILY Asteraceae__

3933

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Fields and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Reddish-purple/ Lavender
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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