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lesser burdock
Arctium minus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
greater burdockArctium lappa
Woolly BurdockArctium tomentosum
Northern BurdockArctium nemorosum
rough cockleburXanthium strumarium
colt's-footTussilago farfara
broad-leaved dockRumex obtusifolius
RhubarbRheum rhabarbarum
Bull ThistleCirsium vulgare
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Alaska | 100,946 |
|---|---|
| United States | 23,434 |
| Canada | 10,829 |
| Ontario | 4,907 |
| British Columbia | 2,366 |
| New York | 1,934 |
| Michigan | 1,761 |
| United Kingdom | 1,760 |
| Wisconsin | 1,746 |
| England | 1,648 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | burdocks · Arctium |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise lesser burdock with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.