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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium minus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Arctium minus

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

Arctium minus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-26-003:

Arctium minus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Arctium minus

 

COMMON NAME:
Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_061

        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_armi2_001_lvd

        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_373

        

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JK Marlow    jkm150422_402

April    Jackson County    NC

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm150422_403

April    Jackson County    NC

Petiole of the basal leaves hollow (at least toward base), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

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 (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140428_150538

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm160505_532

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm160505_533

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm160505_534

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm070702_165

July    Pocahontas County    WV

The Falls of Hill Creek

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm070702_168

July    Pocahontas County    WV

The Falls of Hill Creek

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm070702_171

July    Pocahontas County    WV

The Falls of Hill Creek

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm070702_175

July    Pocahontas County    WV

The Falls of Hill Creek

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm070702_178

July    Pocahontas County    WV

The Falls of Hill Creek

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm070702_180

July    Pocahontas County    WV

The Falls of Hill Creek

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm160827_654

August    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm120920_961

September    Washington County    VA

Virginia Creeper Trail

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm120920_963

September    Washington County    VA

Virginia Creeper Trail

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

JK Marlow    jkm120920_973

September    Washington County    VA

Virginia Creeper Trail

Leaves loosely tomentose to floccose beneath, petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, Bugwood.org    bug_1358052

Month Unknown        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte, Bugwood.org    bug_1358057

Month Unknown        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

Theodore Webster, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org     bug_1553141

Month Unknown        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org    bug_5391897

Month Unknown        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org    bug_5391898

Month Unknown        

image of Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock, Common Burdock

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org     bug_5436785

Month Unknown        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Arctium minus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-26-003:
Arctium minus   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Arctium minus

 

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118

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Pastures, barnyards, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown/Black
Achene

 

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