Herbs - Burdock

 

Burdock

(also referred to as...)

Great Burdock, Burr

Latin Name: Arctium lappa

Family: Compositae

 
Description

Burdock is another large-leafed dock with familiar round heads of purple flowers. It is very widespread, probably due to the burr that will attach themselves to anything. As Shakespeare wrote, "they are burs, I can tell you, they'll stick where they are thrown".

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