Burdock
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(bûr´däk), common name of any plant of the genus Arctium of the family Asteraceae ( family), coarse biennials indigenous to temperate Eurasia and mostly weedy in North America.
Additional Comments: Burdock is familiar for its hooked burrs; its botanical name is derived from the Greek arktos, or bear, suggesting rough-coated fruits, and lappa, to seize.
Chemical composition of Burdock
Potassium nitrate, ethereal oil, mucilage, inulin, palmitic acid, caffeic acid, sigmasterol, sitosterol, bitter substances, vitamins B, mineral salts including potassium ones, etc.
Burdock
Burdock information
Burdock - Arctium lappa (in the Asteraceae or Aster family) ...
Common Burdock
Arctium minus
The bracts at the base of the flowerheads have hooked tips, allowing the seeds to grab onto animal fur or human clothing and hitch a ride.
Common Burdock
Arctium minus Bernh.
Family: Asteraceae, Composite
Genus: Arctium ...
Burdock is often confused with cocklebur (a far more dangerous plant). Burdock burs are rounder and have softer, more Velcro-like hairs than cocklebur.
- Great burdock
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Here's a plant that is truly architectural for a few weeks whilst in flower. At this time it has huge cordate basal leaves and stout branching stems that carry thistle-like flowering heads.
Burdock
Arctium lappa
MEDICINAL: Burdock Root is used to treat skin diseases, boils, fevers, inflammations, hepatitis, swollen glands, some cancers, and fluid retention. It is an excellent blood purifier.
Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine[254]. The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used[4].
Burdock root can be pickled or boiled in soups. The young leaves of plantain plants can be sautéed, and red clover flowers are great in salads, soups or as a tea.
burdock; beggar's buttons, clotbur Arctium lappa
Burma reed; silk reed Neyraudia reynaudiana
bushy knotweed; yellow-flower knotweed Polygonum ramosissimum
Caesarweed Urena lobata
California incense cedar Calocedrus decurrens ...
bruised Avens root, 2 drachms of bruised Caraway and Coriander seeds, and 3 drachms of bruised Burdock seeds, adding 2 pints of proof spirit, then filtering and diluting with double quantity of water - a wineglassful being the dose.
Common burdock (Arctium minus)
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Common St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)
Downy brome (Bromus tectorum)
Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
Halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus)
Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) ...
The leaves of the involucre are spiny in thistles and in teazel (Dipsacus), and hooked in burdock.
Water-thyme, Large-leaved Lime, Late Spider Orchid, Lawn Chamomile, Lax-flowered Sea-lavender, Leafy Spurge, Leafy Toad Rush, Least Bur-reed, Least Lettuce, Least Water-lily, Leopard's-bane, Lesser Bladderwort, Lesser Bulrush, Lesser Burdock, ...
Arctium minus. Lesser Burdock. An introduced weed with an edible taproot.
Arctium minus. Lesser Burdock.
Aster Subfamily
Ragweed Tribe
These are green-globby flowers that might resemble the Goosefoot family at first glance.
Arctium majus (sinónimo), Arctium minus (similar), Arctium tomentosum (similar), Asteraceae (familia), Bardana (castellano), Bardana-maior (gallego y/o portugués), Bardane (francés), Cockle buttons (inglés), Grateau (francés), Greater burdock ...
The term, elephant ear, is also used to describe both the unrelated plant Burdock in the genus arctium and a delicious fried dough treat at most State Fairs. Oddly enough, the genus name Colocasia is also used for a European moth.
 See also: Medic, May, Green, Dandelion, Aster
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