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greater burdock
Arctium lappa
Arctium lappa, commonly called greater burdock, gobō (牛蒡/ゴボウ), 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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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1326
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.200
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.106
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.909
Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.172
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.16
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 11)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.148
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.746
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.307
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 75501.