Asteraceae
Woolly burdock
Arctium tomentosum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Arctium
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- أرقطيون وبري, أرقطيون, عمي خذني معك, قرطب زغبي
- arz
- ارقطيون وبرى
- Azerbaijani
- Tükcüklü atpıtrağı
- Belarusian
- Лопух лямцавы
- Bulgarian
- Червенолюспест репей
- Chinese
- 毛头牛蒡, 毛頭牛蒡, 牛蒡子
- csb
- Pajiczënowaty grëzlôk
- Czech
- Lopuch plstnatý
- Danish
- Filtet Burre
- Dutch
- Donzige klit
- English
- Woolly burdock
- Estonian
- Villtakjas
- Finnish
- Seittitakiainen
- French
- Bardane tomenteuse
- German
- Filz-Klette, Filzige Klette, Filzklette, Wollkopf-Klette, Wollkopfklette
- Hungarian
- Pókhálós bojtorján
- Italian
- Bardana lanuta
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji varnalėša
- Macedonian
- Пајажинеста чичка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ullborre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Ullborre
- Polish
- Łopian pajęczynowaty
- Romanian
- Brusture tomentos
- Russian
- Лопух паутинистый
- Slovak
- Lopúch plstnatý
- Slovenian
- Volnati repinec
- Swedish
- Ullkardborre, Ullig kardborre
- Tajik
- Мушхор
- Tatar
- Йөнтәс әрекмән
Synonyms
- Arctium lappa var. tomentosum (Mill.) A.Gray
- Arctium leptophyllum Klokov
- Arctium leptophyllum subsp. leptophyllum
- Arctium tomentosum subsp. tomentosum
- Lappa tomentosa (Mill.) Lam.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 878 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mikami-kun, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: allan5519, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: snaily_naily, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Кирилл Зенин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sanja565658, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: earl woolsey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kirill Borisenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.