Greater burdock
Arctium lappa L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.8 m
- wide
- 91 cm
Asteraceae
Formerly Lappa arctium
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. EurasiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- PurpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Asturian
- cazapetu mayor
- Czech
- lopuch větší
- German
- Grosse Klette, Große Klette
- Finnish
- isotakiainen
- French
- grande bardane
- Japanese
- ゴボウ
- Dutch
- grote klit, Grote klit
- Chinese
- 牛蒡, 牛蒡（恶实）, 牛蒡子
- Simplified Chinese
- 大力子, 恶实, 牛蒡
- Slovenian
- navadni repinec
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Arctium lappa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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