| Common Name: | Burdock species - Common and Giant |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Arctium |
| Species: | minus and lappa |
| Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
| Method of Transportation: | |
| Habitat/Range: | Well dispersed throughout the region and found primarily in moist regions |
• biennial herb that grows 0.5 to 1.5 m tall
• stems are erect
• basal leaves are large, egg to heart shaped, short stalked or unstalked, green, smooth above while thinly white-woolly below; stem leaves are similar, alternate, and reduced upwards
• flowers are pink-purple, burlike, are unstalked or on short stalks; flower heads are scattered throughout the plant
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