Arctium minus

Arctium minus
Flower heads (capitula)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arctium
Species:
A. minus
Binomial name
Arctium minus
(Hill) Bernh. 1800 not Schkuhr 1803
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Arcion minus Bubani
  • Arctium chabertii Briq. & Cavill.
  • Arctium conglomeratum Schur ex Nyman
  • Arctium euminus Syme
  • Arctium lappa Kalm 1765 not L. 1753
  • Arctium montanum Steud.
  • Arctium pubens Bab.
  • Bardana minor Hill
  • Lappa minor Hill
  • Lappa pubens (Bab.) Boreau

Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock,[2] little burdock, louse-bur, common burdock,[3] button-bur, cuckoo-button,[3] or wild rhubarb,[4] is a biennial plant. This plant is native to Europe,[5] but has become introduced elsewhere such as Australia, North and South America, and other places.[6][7][8][9]

Lesser burdock produces purple flowers in its second year of growth, from July to October. Outer bracts end in hooks that are like hook-and-loop. After the flower head dries, the hooked bracts will attach to humans and animals to transport the entire seedhead.[10]

  1. ^ The Plant List Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ a b "Arctium minus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ USDA PLANTS information
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Lappola bardana minore Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. includes photos plus European distribution map
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 170 Common or lesser burdock, petite bardane, cibourroche, chou bourache, bourrier, Arctium minus (Hill) Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. 154. 1800.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  8. ^ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157
  9. ^ Atlas of Living Australia
  10. ^ Rose, Francis (1981). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Co. pp. 386–387. ISBN 0-7232-2419-6.