Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh., 1800

Common names

🇬🇧 Lesser Burrdock
🇫🇷 Petite bardane, Bardane à petites têtes, Bardane à petits capitules

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Arctiinae
Genus: Arctium
Species: Arctium minus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with A. lappa L., 1753, which has larger flowers (⌀ ≥ 30 mm) with a long peduncle (> 30 mm), while A. minus has smaller flowers (⌀ < 30 mm) with a subnull or short peduncle (0-30 mm).

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

A. minus nothosubsp. batavum (Arènes) Lambinon, 2004: subsp. minus × subsp. pubens;
A. minus subsp. minus (Hill) Bernh., 1800, P;
A. minus subsp. pubens (Bab.) P.Fourn., 1928.

Hybridizes with A. lappa L., 1753 to produce A. × nothum (Ruhmer) Hallier, 1895, P.

Photographs

img/arctium-minus.webp — *Arctium minus*

img/arctium-minus-2.webp — *Arctium minus*

img/arctium-minus-3.webp — *Arctium minus*

img/arctium-minus-4.webp — *Arctium minus*

img/arctium-minus-5.webp — *Arctium minus* - Cauline leaf

img/arctium-minus-6.webp — *Arctium minus* - Basal leaf

img/arctium-minus-7.webp — *Arctium minus* - Flower buds

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 404). Biotope.