Common name: Greater Burdock
Arctium lappa L. APNI* 
Description: Biennial herb 1–1.5 m high; stems glabrous or with cobwebby non-glandular and subsessile glandular hairs.
Basal leaves broad-ovate, up to 50 cm long, apex usually obtuse, base sometimes cordate, margins toothed, upper surface sparsely hairy, lower surface densely felted; cauline leaves similar, smaller, usually 5–15 cm long, 3–10 cm wide.
Peduncles 3–10 cm; heads c. 20 mm diam., globose in bud, hemispherical and widely open in fruit, shiny golden green, glabrous or subglabrous. Florets purplish red.
Achenes 6–7 mm long; pappus 1–3.5 mm long.
Flowering: summer–autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in the Carcoar area. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *CT
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic.
Text by L. Murray
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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