Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (footpath behind the Shepherd & Dog pub). Greater Burdock instead has green bracts.
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (29/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). Also Greater instead has flowers on longer stems.
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex. Growing on the shingle. On the face of it, given these very green bracts, you'd think this was Greater Burdock, but the short flower stems give away that it is Lesser.
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex. Growing on the shingle.
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (29/06/2020) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank adjacent to field). This one has fallen over. Greater instead has flowers on long stalks in flat-topped clusters, not on short stalks at various levels like this.
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (footpath behind the Shepherd & Dog pub).
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (24/07/2022) Shoreham Beach, Shoreham-by-Sea, W Sussex. Growing on the shingle amonst some Sea Kale (the glaucous leaves in the background). You can see the slightly different giz of this plant when it is by the seaside, than previous images of it in the countryside. And here the bracts are greener than the usual purple-tinge. But still Lesser because of the short flower-stalks.
Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus) (03/07/2022) Falking Hill, Falking, W Sussex (footpath behind the Shepherd & Dog pub). Classic leaves.
