| Accepted name: |
Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh. var. nemorosum (Lejeune) Durand
-Arctium nemorosum Lejeune
-Arctium vulgare (Hill) Evans
-Arctium pubens Bab.
-Lappa minor Hill
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| English names: |
Common Burdock
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| French names: |
Bardane mineure
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HARCMI
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
B |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated in France and the USA as a medicinal plant. Same as for A. lappa (Great Burdock) : Used extensively by American Indians. Traditionally, root tea (2 ounces dried root in 1 quart of water) used as a BLOOD PURIFIER and DIURETIC (1, *3,*5). |
| Key Characters: |
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