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Burdock This is a weed here in the US, but I have fond memories of it - we used to play with the leaves when I was a kid, pretending to be elephants. Of course it's got it's uses too - the root is edible and if it's anything like Japanese burdock, tasty. Arctium lappa,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Burdock

This is a weed here in the US, but I have fond memories of it - we used to play with the leaves when I was a kid, pretending to be elephants. Of course it's got it's uses too - the root is edible and if it's anything like Japanese burdock, tasty.

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The Greater burdock

''Arctium lappa'', commonly called greater burdock, gobō , edible burdock, lappa, beggar's buttons, thorny burr, or happy major is a Eurasian species of plants in the sunflower family, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable. It has become an invasive weed of high-nitrogen soils in North America, Australia, and other regions.

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Jun 1, 2018. Captured May 31, 2018 14:39 in May Creek Trail, Newcastle, WA 98056, USA.
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  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO200
  • 55mm