Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Arctium L., Sp. Pl. 816 (1753)
Type Taxon:
Vernacular Name(s):
Beggar's-buttons; Burdock; Clotbur
Description
Fruticose biennials, not spiny. Hairs both glandular, subsessile, and eglandular, cottony, cobwebby, or felted. Lvs alternate, petiolate, simple. Capitula homogamous, globose or broadly ovoid, in racemes or corymbs. Involucral bracts in several series, linear, imbricate, glabrous or with cobwebby hairs, the outer recurved at fruiting; margins denticulate or glabrous; apex spinous, inwardly hooked. Receptacle flat, with stiff, linear-subulate scales. Florets ☿, all tubular. Corolla glabrous or glandular, 5-lobed, purplish or white. Anthers acuminate at apex, sagittate at base; filaments glabrous. Style branches linear, cuneate, erect, not appressed. Achenes oblong to obovoid, compressed, rugose; achene insertion basal; pappus hairs in several unequal rows, stiff, pale, scabrid, free to base.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
