Arctium minus
lesser burdock, lesser burrdock, burdock, small burdock, smaller burdock, bardane, beggar's button, common burdock, wild burdock, wild rhubarb
Family
Asteraceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
dentate, serrate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
ovate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
pink, purple, white
Flower Month
July - September
Height (meters)
0.0 - 1.5
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
introduced
Lifespan
biennial
Field Characters
Heads paniculate, rarely somewhat corymbose. (1) Inflorescence racemiform, subthrysoid, or tending to be capitate, clustered at the end of branches; heads subglobose. (3)
Habitat
Roadsides, near old dwellings, pastures, feed lots, stream valleys and waste places. Often in partial shade.