Arctium minus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusArctium
Species:Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.
Common NameLesser Burdock
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Biennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (UPL), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Lappa minor Lappa minor Hill

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bell (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Edmonson (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Franklin (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Hardin (KY), Harlan (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Lyon (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Mercer (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Robertson (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hickman (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100229424 Anderson Kentucky 02 Aug 1978 William S. Bryant
214
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229515 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3713
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229564 Rockcastle Kentucky 27 Aug 1977 Richard H. Hannan
106
EKY
Arctium minus
BEREA002675 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arctium minus
BEREA002678 Cannon Tennessee
BEREA
Arctium minus
BEREA002674 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arctium minus
BEREA002672 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Arctium minus
BEREA002676 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Arctium minus
31973000005250 Campbell Kentucky 01 Aug 1983 Buddell, George
1403
KNK
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237298 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237297 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237276 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237323 McLean Kentucky
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237279 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0028138 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
31234100229465 Franklin Kentucky 30 Jul 1981 John MacGregor
FR-538
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229481 Harlan Kentucky 14 Aug 2005 Amy V. Mcintosh
1319
EKY
Arctium minus
31973000005249 Gallatin Kentucky 06 Oct 1997 Thieret, John
60441
KNK
Arctium minus
31973000005253 Robertson Kentucky 13 Aug 1981 Thieret, John
52725
KNK
Arctium minus
MDKY00009708 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237289 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237280 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237291 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237305 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237303 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0116445 Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0116440 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0090566 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028144 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0102069 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
31234100229499 Madison Kentucky 05 Aug 1975 J. Stuart Lassetter
2460
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100765617 Madison Kentucky 13 May 2016 Ralph Thompson
16-378
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229432 Clinton Kentucky 07 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1027
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229440 Elliott Kentucky 01 Oct 2013 M. Greene
EKY
Arctium minus
ETSU007966 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
MDKY00009707 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237300 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237294 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237283 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0028156 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0116441 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0116439 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0077613 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0116443 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0079262 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
31234100781838 Powell Kentucky 26 Apr 2018 Thomas McFadden
876
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229457 Estill Kentucky 29 Jul 1987 Richard G. Guetig
340
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229531 Mercer Kentucky 03 Aug 1991 David D. Taylor
16055
EKY
Arctium minus
ETSU006986 Unicoi Tennessee 06 Aug 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237282 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237287 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237292 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237296 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237290 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237284 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237285 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0028157 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028155 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0096479 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
HTTU002481 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
31234100229556 Robertson Kentucky 05 Jul 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7399
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229549 Pike Kentucky 13 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9190
EKY
Arctium minus
BEREA002673 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Arctium minus
N/A Carter Tennessee 01 Nov 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arctium minus
N/A Carter Tennessee 01 Aug 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Arctium minus
31973000005251 Gallatin Kentucky 29 Aug 1991 Thieret, John
57187
KNK
Arctium minus
31973000005252 Kenton Kentucky 01 Aug 1977 Applegarth, Patrick
239
KNK
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237295 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237278 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237306 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237288 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0077612 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0090562 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0090565 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
HTTU002482 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Arctium minus
31234100754371 Clinton Kentucky 29 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-607
EKY
Arctium minus
31234100229507 Madison Kentucky 27 Sep 1993 Gary W. Libby
179
EKY
Arctium minus
BEREA002677 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Arctium minus
MDKY00009706 Harlan Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
MDKY00009711 Wolfe Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
MDKY00009709 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237324 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237304 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237293 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0028142 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028151 Christian Kentucky 07 Oct 2012 Mason Brock
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028154 Todd Kentucky 01 Jun 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Arctium minus
HTTU028321 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
ETSU011659 Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
ETSU011655 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
ETSU011658 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
APSC0090567 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0096478 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028149 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0116444 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
UCHT029702 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
BRIT89537 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
BRIT89533 Williamson Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
HTTU002483 Van Buren Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
UCHT029704 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
UTM01903 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Arctium minus
UTM01902 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Arctium minus
BRIT89539 Carter Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
BRIT89534 Wilson Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
ETSU025345 Carter Tennessee 11 Aug 2012 Adam McCullough
ETSU
Arctium minus
HTTU013200 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
HTTU029106 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
HTTU008742 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
ETSU034029 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
31234100229523 Mercer Kentucky 27 Jul 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9229
EKY
Arctium minus
MDKY00009710 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
MDKY00009705 Pike Kentucky
MDKY
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237286 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237301 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0090564 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028152 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
HTTU002480 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
HTTU002479 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
UCHT029703 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
UCHT029706 White Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
UCHT029705 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
UCHT029707 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
BRIT89538 DeKalb Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
BRIT89532 Sumner Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
UCHT041340 Tennessee
UCHT
Arctium minus
31234100229473 Garrard Kentucky 29 Jul 1983 Donna A. Godbey
427
EKY
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237281 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237277 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237302 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
TENN-V-0237299 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Arctium minus
APSC0028146 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028143 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0079261 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
HTTU008741 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
UOS00652 Franklin Tennessee 14 Aug 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Arctium minus
BRIT89535 Williamson Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
BRIT89536 Sumner Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
BRIT89531 Sumner Tennessee
VDB
Arctium minus
ETSU011660 Cocke Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
APSC0043945 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028148 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0090568 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0090563 McLean Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028141 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0090697 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
APSC0028145 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Arctium minus
HTTU028327 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Arctium minus
ETSU011656 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
ETSU031027 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Arctium minus
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