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PLANTS

Greater burdock

Arctium lappa

Plants
ToxicIntroducedHerbBiennial
Greater burdock, In flower
Greater burdock, In fruit
Greater burdock, Flower buds

Toxic. Biennial herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec. Grows in fields and near water.

There are 588 observations of Greater burdock in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Montérégie and Estrie, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and become rare from October to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal183
  2. Montérégie168
  3. Estrie77
  4. Outaouais39
  5. Capitale-Nationale30
  6. Laval17
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean15
  8. Lanaudière14
  9. Laurentides11
  10. Centre-du-Québec11
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches9
  12. Mauricie5
  13. Abitibi-Témiscamingue5
  14. Bas-Saint-Laurent4

Habitat

FieldsBoaz Yoffe B Sc
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Lesser burdockArctium minus
Woolly burdockArctium tomentosum
Bull thistleCirsium vulgare
TOXIC
Garden rhubarbRheum rhabarbarum
Giant knotweedReynoutria sachalinensis
Common ButterburPetasites hybridus
TOXIC
Bitter dockRumex obtusifolius
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Rough cockleburXanthium strumarium
Creeping thistleCirsium arvense
VelvetleafAbutilon theophrasti
Japanese sweet coltsfootPetasites japonicus