Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arctium lappa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Greater Burdock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium lappa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arla3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Arctium lappa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium lappa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-26-001:
Arctium lappa
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3933
Forb
Biennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in fields and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Reddish-purple/ Lavender
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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