Arctium lappa
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Common names: Burdock, greater burdock, gobo, thorny burr, happy buttons
Arctium lappa is a biennial thistle which flowers in the summer in the Sino-Himalayan Garden. It is edible and is used medicinally.
See the Aug. 21, 2020 Garden Story for more details.
Purple flower photo: MurielBendel / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Emerging flower close-up: Dalgial / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
Plant photo: Alex Lomas / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
Drying flower head: Marilyn Goebel