Arctium minus Bernh.

English: Lesser burdock

German: Kleine Klette

Portuguese: Erva Dos Aflitos

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Arctium (3)

            Epithet: minus Bernh. (1)

Synonym: Lappa minor Hill

minor => smaller, lesser

minus => smaller, lesser

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, red, pink

Check for Arctium minus at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [463] Arctium minus - Plants For A Future database

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.