The secondyear plant is little branched below, but produces short flowering side stems above. Arctium lappa greater burdock hooked burrs of the burdock plant. Arctium lappa is a biennial thistle that may grow 26 feet tall. Inhaltsstoffe sind lignane, unter anderem arctiin, inulin arctium lappa 4570 %, arctium minus 2027 %, arctium tomentosum bis 19 %, schleimstoffe, geringe. The plants database includes the following 6 species of arctium.
Heads usually sessile to shortpedunculate in racemiform or paniculiform clusters. The record derives from tica data supplied on 20120211 which reports it as an accepted name record ca0c12e3c56249c08cfb06d34adb854f with original publication details. Photos and information about minnesota flora common burdock. Arctium lappa linn is a herbaceous plant belonging.
Common burdock, lesser burdock arctium minus is naturalized in texas and other states. Arctium a genus of plants of the family compositae. Dont confuse the leaves with the poison leaves of rhubarb. Primarily the roots rhizomes, but also the leaves and seeds tcm description.
A coloured province or state means this species occurs somewhere in that provincestate. Arctium nemorosum in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. It is used to treat conditions caused by an overload of toxins, such as throat and other infections, boils, rashes and other skin problems. This plant is native to europe, but has become introduced elsewhere such as australia, north and south america, and other places. Dhps wt allele, nci thesaurus the scientific name is arctium lappa. Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, little burdock, lousebur, common burdock, buttonbur, cuckoobutton, or wild rhubarb, is a biennial plant. Native to europe and asia, several species have been widely introduced worldwide. Ecological framework for arctium minus the table below shows the speciesspecific information calculated from original data bec database provided by the bc ministry of forests and range. An herbal formula containing burdock root arctium lappa, turkey rhubarb root rheum palmatum, sheep sorrel rumex acetosella, and slippery elm bark ulmus fulva with potential immunostimulating, antiinflammatory and antitumor activities. Common, or lesser, burdock arctium minus is a weed in north american pastures and hayfields and can be grown as a vegetable. Great burdock arctium lappa deeply grooved stem, solid pith, usually larger overall. Arctium lappa noun the noun arctium lappa has 1 sense 1. A large brownishgray taproot supports the plant and gives rise to the stem.
Arctium is an introduced european plant that grows along roadsides, pastures and in abandoned lots. Members are biennial large grasses with large leaves. According to nzflora 2012 new zealand plant names name based concepts subordinate taxon concept full name arctium minus hill bernh. Foodplant saprobe effuse colony of cylindrotrichum dematiaceous anamorph of cylindrotrichum oligospermum is saprobic on dead stem of arctium minus remarks. Henriettes herbal is one of the oldest and largest herbal medicine sites on the net. Foodplant saprobe fruitbody of lindtneria leucobryophila is saprobic on dead stem of arctium. The plant forms a low rosette during its first year and develops a tall branched stem during its second year. The blossoms are monoecious, tubular, and usually purple, in round. The bracts at the base of the flowerheads have hooked tips, allowing the seeds to grab onto animal fur or human clothing and hitch a ride. Burdock, one of our most common weeds, was introduced from the old world. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. Arctium minus, commonly kent as burr, is a biennial plant.
Github is home to over 50 million developers working together. This is one of three species of burdock that grow in connecticut. Professional supplier for burdock root extract powder. Arctium minus is a complex species with many variants that have been recognized at ranks ranging from forma to species j. It grows along roadsides and in fields, pastures, and waste places, being very abundant in the eastern and central states and in some scattered localities in the west. This herbaceous biennial plant is a lowgrowing rosette of basal leaves during the first year, but during the second year it becomes 36 tall. Subordinate taxon concept full name arctium minus hill bernh.
A stout flowering stalk is formed in the second year. While burdock can be nuisance plant, it is not particularly noxious. Arctium article about arctium by the free dictionary. Today, its used in pregnancy more for its high amounts of nutrients including chromium, iron, magnesium, potassium, vitamin a and zinc, along with stimulation to the. Arctium lappa is the main species used, though this species has similar properties. In the book of field and roadside, john eastman writes, burdock cannot be labeled a truly invasive weed, for it rarely intrudes into cultivated fields. Tilling usually controls and eradicates burdock populations. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. Chemical constituents of burdock root extract powder burdock root yields a wide variety of compounds on analysis that include inulin up to 50%, tannins, polyphenolic acids caffeic and chlorogenic, volatile acids acetic, butyric, costic, 3hexenoic, isovaleric, 3octanoic, propionic, etc, polyacetylenes 0. Common burdock arctium minus aster family asteraceae description. Arctium minus synonyms, arctium minus pronunciation, arctium minus translation, english dictionary definition of arctium minus. Arctium is a genus of biennial plants commonly known as burdock, family asteraceae. Repositories packages people projects dismiss grow your team on github.
Frankton 1974 have often distinguished plants with involucres more than 3 cm diameter that equal or overtop the corollas as a. Pdf arctium species secondary metabolites chemodiversity and. Pdf arctium lappa, commonly known as burdock, is being. Subordinate taxon concept full name arctium minus subsp. Arctium definition of arctium by medical dictionary. Lesser burdock is a tall, broadleaved plant with hollow stems and clusters of shortstemmed, purple, brushlike flower heads which appear from july to september. On jan 21, 2005, jodyc from palmyra, il zone 5b wrote. Identification and authentication of burdock arctium lappa. The leaves have a wavy margin and a hairy underside when young and are attached to the stem by a hollow petiole. Hook separation forces associated with plant seed and fruit dispersal have been studied in four species by sn gorb. The blossoms are monoecious, tubular, and usually purple, in round calathides that are gathered into a common raceme. It is a biennial forb that occurs throughout the united states. Heads usually longpedunculate in corymbiform clusters.
This plant is native to europe, but has become introduced elsewhere such as australia, north and south america, and other places characteristics. A biomimetic study of natural attachment mechanisms arctium. Arctium burdock genus arctium asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs aster family. Arctium euminus syme arctium lappa kalm arctium lappa subsp.
Foliage stem leaves are large, heartshaped and very hairy on the undersides. A more or less racemose inflorescence the outer flowers have short stalks or are stalkless. When the fruits ripen the calathides readily break off, sticking to the coats of animals and the clothing of man. Range map provided courtesy of the usda website and is displayed here in accordance with their policies. Greater or edible burdock, beggars buttons, thorny burr, happy major synonymes. Arctium minus in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Arctium definition of arctium by the free dictionary. Range map for common burdock arctium minus please note. New zealand plant names database concepts asterales. Join them to grow your own development teams, manage permissions, and.
Arctium nemorosum wood burdock is rare in vc55, with sessile outer flowers and glabrous flowers. Burdock root arctium lappa was used by ancient herbalists to strengthen and tone the uterus and is mentioned in the 17th century culpeppers herbal as a good herb to calm the womb and stay the child in it. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. Arctium minus common burdock north carolina extension. Arctium minus a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil. Arctium synonyms, arctium pronunciation, arctium translation, english dictionary definition of arctium. An illustrated flora of the northern united states, canada and the british possessions. World of warcraft sandbox client launchers client mods clientdb viewer. The entire provincestate is coloured, regardless of where in that provincestate it occurs. However, the bracts of the involucre of arctium tomentosum are densely cottony, whereas with arctium minus the bracts of the involucre are sometimes slightly woolly budds flora.
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