Arctium minus
Common Name: common burdock,
Scientific Name: Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.
Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle:
introduced biennial, reproducing by seed
Stems:
second year, reproductive, upright, course, branched, red striations 
Leaves:
first year narrowly to broadly ovate, heart-shaped base, large, hairy, wavy, petioles of larger leaves hollow and not furrowed, form rosette; second year alternate on reproductive stems, small 
Flowers:
heads of red-purple disk (tubulate) florets; head sessile or short stalked, receptacle hooked bracts 
Seed Pods:
burs round, hooked bracts sticks to fabric and fur 
