Common Burdock

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 ...

common burdock Arctium minus
common carpetgrass Axonopus fissifolius
common chickweed Stellaria media
common chicory; blue sailors; succory Cichorium intybus
common coleus Coleus scutellarioides
common cord grass Spartina anglica ...

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 young leaves are eaten as a salad in Scandinavia and Japan. The common burdock is A. minus. The cocklebur is sometimes confused with burdock. Burdock is classified in the division , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.

Common Burdock [English]: Arctium minus
Common Bushweed [English]: Acidoton virosus
Common Bushweed [English]: Phyllanthus virosus
Common Buttercup [English]: Ranunculus acris
Common Butterwort [English]: Pinguicula vulgaris ...

See also: Burdock, Medic, Aster