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Arctium lappa, commonly called greater burdock, [2] gobō (牛蒡/ゴボウ), [2] edible burdock, [2] lappa, [2] beggar's buttons, [2] thorny burr, or happy major [3] is a Eurasian species of plants in the family Asteraceae, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable.
The plant is used as a food plant by other Lepidoptera including brown-tail, Coleophora paripennella, Coleophora peribenanderi, the Gothic, lime-speck pug and scalloped hazel. The prickly heads of these plants are noted for easily catching on to fur and clothing. In England, some birdwatchers have reported that birds have become entangled in ...
Arctium minus is a biennial plant growing up to 1.8 metres (6 ft) tall [5] [6] and form multiple branches. It is large and bushy. It is large and bushy. The leaves are up to 50 cm (20 in) long and ovate.
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Arctium tomentosum is a biennial herbaceous plant. The stem is erect, with ascending branches. It can reach a height of about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). Leaves are grayish white and quite felted, green and glabrous toward the stem. Basal leaves are petiolate. Leaf blade is heart-shaped, with rather denticulater margins.
It is a plant growing readily on arable land, meadows, waste ground, roadsides, ditches, shorelines, riverbanks, woodland margins, forest clearings, and orchards. [2] [7] Seedlings can be identified by the oval leaves with red stems and rolled leaves sprouting from the center of the plant. Regrowth from the rosette usually takes place in spring.
Burdock refers to Arctium, a genus of plants, particularly the species: Arctium lappa , or "Greater burdock", a vegetable often referred to by the Japanese name gobō Burdock may also refer to:
A bur (also spelled burr) [1] is a seed or dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth. The main function of the bur is to spread the seeds of the bur plant, often through epizoochory. The hooks of the bur are used to latch onto fur or fabric, enabling the bur – which contain seeds – to be transported to another location for ...