"Gobō" redirects here. For the city in Wakayama Prefecture, see Gobō, Wakayama.
Arctium lappa
Greater burdock
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Arctium
Species:
A. lappa
Binomial name
Arctium lappa
L.
Synonyms
Synonymy
Arcion majus Bubani
Arcion tomentosum Bubani
Arctium bardana Willd.
Arctium chaorum Klokov
Arctium grandiflorum Desf.
Arctium leiospermum Juz. & Ye.V.Serg.
Arctium majus (Gaertn.) Bernh.
Arctium ruderale Salisb.
Arctium vulgare (Hill) Evans
Arctium vulgare (Hill) Druce
Bardana arctium Hill
Bardana lappa Hill
Lappa glabra Lam.
Lappa major Gaertn.
Lappa nemorosa (Lej.) Körn. ex Griewank
Lappa officinalis All.
Lappa vulgaris Hill
Lappa platylepis Boiss. & Balansa ex Boiss. & Balansa
Arctium lappa, commonly called greater burdock,[2]gobō (牛蒡/ゴボウ),[2]edible burdock,[2]lappa,[2]beggar's buttons,[2]thorny burr, or happy major[3] is a Eurasian species of plants in the family Asteraceae, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable. It has become an invasive weed of high-nitrogen soils in North America, Australia, and other regions.[4][5][6][7]
^The Plant List Arctium lappa L.
^ abcde"Arctium lappa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
^Grieve, Maud (1971). A Modern Herbal: The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs, & Trees with All Their Modern Scientific Uses, Volume 1. Courier Corporation. p. 143. ISBN 9780486227986.
^Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 169 Great burdock, grande bardane, Arctium lappa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 816. 1753.
^Atlas of Living Australia, Arctium lappa L.
^Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^Altervista Flora Italiana, Bardana maggiore Arctium lappa L. many photos
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