lesser burdock

Arctium minus

Daisy family (Asteraceae) 6

Summary 7

Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, burweed, louse-bur, common burdock, button-bur, cuckoo-button, or wild rhubarb, is a biennial plant. This plant is native to Europe, but has become an invasive weed in Australia, North and South America, and other places.

Learn more 6

Minnesota Wildflowers.
Invasive Plants, Fraser Valley Invasive Species Society.
Midwest Invasive Species Information Network.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Sean Blaney, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sean Blaney, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10625852
  2. (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nicolas Olejnik, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16643263
  3. (c) mjpapay, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by mjpapay, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89525819
  4. (c) Carol-Ann Patenaude, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Carol-Ann Patenaude, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98529785
  5. (c) awarren11, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by awarren11, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22789233
  6. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  7. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctium_minus

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Plant family Asteraceae
Flower hue purple