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Taxon: Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.

Genus: Arctium
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 313517
Place of publication: Syst. Verz. 154. 1800
Comment: generally viewed as a new combination based on Lappa minor Hill, which was not cited, under ICBN Art. 33.3, but Bernhardi cited A. lappa L. under both this name and Arctium majus, the latter name considered superfluous
Name verified on: 18-Jun-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Jan-2007
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CO*°, WY*°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • common burdock   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • lesser burdock   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • petite bardane   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • kleine Klette   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • bardana menor   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • lampazo menor   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran [n.w.]; Iraq; Syria [w.]; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part [w.]; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    North America
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    South America

References:

  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F) [lists as A. minus (Hill) Bernh.].
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [lists as A. minus (Hill) Bernh.].
  • Duistermaat, H. 1996. Monograph of Arctium L. (Asteraceae). Generic delimitation (including Cousinia Cass. p.p.), revision of the species, pollen morphology, and hybrids. Gorteria suppl. 3:82.
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17) [lists as A. minus (Hill) Bernh.].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [lists as A. minus (Hill) Bernh.].
  • Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSWales) [lists as A. minus Bernh.].
  • Hegi, G. et al. 1987. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- (IllF MEur) 6(4):831. [lists as A. minus (Hill) Bernh.].
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [lists as A. minus Bernh.].
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [lists as A. minus Bernh.].
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [lists as A. minus (Hill) Bernh.].
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [lists as A. minus Bernh.].
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Check other databases for Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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