Index / Search / Arctium minus
§1 Plant
Arctium minus Bernh.
vernacular lesser burdock — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Arctium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 350 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 350 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
Maine view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Broadwater 30007
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Chautauqua 36013
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 68 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Upshur 54097
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARMI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5393103 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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