Arctium minus
Common Burdock
Family Asteraceae
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Use
Cooked, Salad. The young leaves can be added to salads or boiled. Once the rind has been removed, the roots can be boiled for 30 mins. and served with butter.
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Description
Growth Form: Biennial. Low lying leaves the first year, bushy flower stalk the second year.
Leaves: Large slightly woolly basal leaves. Stalks of lower leaves hollow.
Fruits: Thistle-like burs the second year.
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Whole Plant
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 Branch
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Flowers: Purple flowers the first year. Bloom from July to October.
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Habitat and Range
Roadsides and waste areas. From Canada to Virginia to Kansas.
Season
Leaves harvested in the spring. Roots harvested in the summer.
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Fruits
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Leaves
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Fun Facts
Burdock has long been used by traditional medicine systems around the world to treat sprains, joint pain, ulcers, glandular swelling, scurvy, boils, inflammation and other minor ailments.
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