Arctium minus
Lesser Burdock
Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock. A large biennial plant, notable for its hooked fruits that are distributed in animal fur or clothing. Lavender coloured flowers and large leaves. Common on woodland edge and waste ground. The Banded Burdock Fly, Terellia tussilaginis, forms overwintrering galls in the fruit
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock. Flowers. Disused railway, Hargill, Redmire. July.
Slide 2: Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock. West Wood, Redmire. July.
Slide 3: Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock. West Wood, Redmire. July.
Slide 4: Arctium minus, Lesser Burdock. Fruits. West Wood, Redmire. July.
Slide 5: Terellia tussilaginis, Banded Burdock Fly. Collected from Lesser Burdock, Arctium minus, flowers at Hargill, Redmire. July.