Common Burdock

(Arctium minus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Erect biennial herb with numerous basal leaves

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from large fleshy taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, broadly ovate, serrated margins (sometimes dentate), sparsely pubescent on bottom

Reproduction: Bracts with hooked tips, purple to lavender flower

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}