Common Burdock
(Arctium minus)
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General Information: A coarse weed commonly found in waste places. It blooms during the summer and fall months, averaging 2' to 4' in height. It is a member of the Composite family.
The lower leaves are heart-shaped and entire or somewhat toothed. The remaining leaves are egg-shaped and they all have hollow leaf stalks. The purple flowers grow in bristly heads 1/2" to 1" wide, producing prickly, clinging burs. These flower heads are stalkless or short-stalked.