Stats

Lifespan

Biennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Europe

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Common

About

Lesser burdock is a small plant that grows in Europe, and it is sometimes called "louse-bur" because of its burrs. The burrs contain tiny hairs that can stick to a person or animal and cause an itchy rash.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Arctium

Species

Arctium minus