Lesser burdock

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Arctium minus

Lesser burdock, a reference photo
Photo: HoosierMan1816 · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, little burdock, louse-bur, common burdock, button-bur, cuckoo-button, or wild rhubarb, is a biennial plant native to Europe.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Lesser burdock being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Arctium
Species
Arctium minus

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