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Arctium minus - Plant

Arctium minus - Plant 77860405

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Description

A good butterfly plant.

Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, burweed, louse-bur, common burdock, button-bur, cuckoo-button, or wild rhubarb, is a biennial plant.

Plant Specifications

*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Common Name bardane, beggars button, button-bur, common burdock, burweed, cuckoo-button, lesser burdock, louse-bur, wild burdock, wild rhubarb.
Maximum Reachable Height 2 to 5 feet
Flower Colour light lavendar to deep violet or rarely white, with dark purple-tipped stamens surrounding a white style and extending above the disk flowe
Bloom Time July - September
Difficulty Level easy to grow

Planting and care

Remove invasive plants that are competing for nutrients and resources.

Arctium minus care

Succeeds on most soils, preferably moist. Prefers a sunny position. Prefers partial shade according to another report. A polymorphic species.

Sunlight Full Sun
Watering Water moderately.
Soil Cultivate preferably in light, deep, well-drained and fertile soil that is rich in organic matter. This plant tolerates a soil pH in the range of 4.6-7.8, ideally a pH of 6.6 to 7.5 is better.
Fertilizer Budock is an aggressive plant that does not necessarily need fertilizer. To give plant a boost it can be fertilized occasionally with balanced fertilizer.

Arctium minus special feature

A fiber is obtained from the inner bark and is used to make paper. It is about 0.9 mm long. The stems are harvested in late summer, the leaves are removed and the stems steamed in order to strip off the fiber.

Arctium minus uses

Ornamental Use:

  • A fibre is obtained from the inner bark and is used to make paper

Medicinal Use:

  • It has soothing, mucilaginous properties and is said to be one of the most certain cures for many types of skin diseases, burns, bruises etc
  • It is used in the treatment of herpes, eczema, acne, impetigo, ringworm, boils, bites etc

Culinary Use:

  • Root-raw or cooked,usually peeled and sliced
  • The roasted root is a coffee substitute
  • Young leaves and leaf stems-raw or cooked

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