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Family: Asteraceae   Aster Family

Genus: Arctium   Burdock
Group of biennial herbs having globular flower heads with prickly bracts.

Scientific Name: Arctium minus Bernh.
Common Name(s): Common Burdock, Lesser Burdock
Growth Type: biennial
Species Description:


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Caption:

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-017
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Common burdock burs with hooked bracts that attach to animals and people.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-014
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): fruit, mature
Caption: Common burdock patch.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-008
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): vegetative
Caption: Common burdock's bur that is made up of several hooked bracts and its large hairy leaves.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-003
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Common burdock's emerging heart-shaped leaves.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-016
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Common burdock's first year rosette with large, hairy leaves.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-006
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Common burdock's first year rosette.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-012
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): vegetative
Caption: Common burdock's large heart-shaped leaves and burs.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-004
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, fruit, leaf
Caption: Common burdock's large leaves.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-011
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf, vegetative
Caption: Common burdock's large, heart-shaped, hairy leaf.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-013
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): leaf
Caption: Common burdock's mature burs made up of many hooked bracts.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-010
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): fruit, mature
Caption: Common burdock's mottled seeds.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-002
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seed
Caption: Common burdock's purple flowers.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-009
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): flowering, inflorescense
Caption: Common burdock's spatulate cotyledons and emerging leaves.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-001
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seedling
Caption: Common burdock's spatulate cotyledons and emerging leaves.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-015
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): seedling
Caption: Mature common burdock plant.

ID: Hrb-ARFMI-005
Source: 35mm slide (photo)
Credit:
Keyword(s): inflorescense, mature