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Arctium lappa - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Arctium lappa - Branch - Click to enlarge!

Branch; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Arctium lappa - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Arctium lappa - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Arctium lappa - Leaf base - Click to enlarge!

Leaf base; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Arctium lappa - Stem section - Click to enlarge!

Stem section; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Arctium lappa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Woog, Darmstadt, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 873
Date of entry: 12.07.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Greater burdock

German: Große Klette

Mandarin: 牛蒡 (niu bang)

Portuguese: Bardana

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2597)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2110)

      Order: Asterales (220)

        Family: Asteraceae (218)(family description)

          Genus: Arctium (3)

            Epithet: lappa L. (1)

lappa => burr, plant bearing burrs (short, stiff bristles or hooks)

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

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