Scientific Name
Arctium lappa

Common Name
Great burdock
Life Cycle: Perennial

Height: 4 to 9 feet
Flower/fruit: 1 to 1.5 inch flat-topped cluster of flower heads; few burs
Flowering Season: Summer to fall
Foliage: Lower leaves have solid stalks with a groove on upper surface
Site: Roadsides, meadows, waste fields
Comments: Roots and leaves are edible; herbal usage
 
 

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