Burdock

Indentification and Look-alikes

Identification
Burdock Key Characteristics
Arctium lappa, Arctium minus Checklist

Herbaceous biennial plant

First year plant grows to

roughly 2 feet (60 cm) tall
Plant grows from a single
point, basal rosette
Second year plant produces
flowering stalk
Flowering stalk grows to
roughly 6 feet (2 meters) tall
Leaves quite large, heart-
shaped with wavy edges
Small purple flower clusters
on spiky globe
Mature flowering globes
(burs) turn brown with hooks

Look-alikes
Rhubarb Cocklebur Thistle
Rheum rhabarbarum Xanthium

Bright red stems. White flowers. Elongated flower heads and burs. Prickly leaves. Large purple flower
clusters.

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