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Comment by Delia Yuhas Carroll on November 3, 2012 at 2:36am

This is Arctium lappa, native to northern Europe and Eurasia, grown everywhere for it's value as a medicinal food. The seed pods of this plant inspired the invention of velcro.

Comment by Permie Hubster on November 2, 2012 at 12:53pm

Love the burdock roots pic Delia, which of the Arctium species is this one? I'm not very familiar with CA plants, is burdock considered a CA "native"?

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