Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Arctium lappa L.

Family: Asteraceae

origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Lappa major Gaertner

Common names:

Bachelor's-buttons (1900, misapplied) (158)

Bardana (1876-1900, Spanish) (92, 158)

Bardane (1876-1913, French) (5, 6, 64, 69, 92, 158)

Batweed [Bat weed] (1892) (6)

Bazzies (1900) (158)

Beggar's-button [Beggar's buttons] (1900-1923) (5, 64, 69, 156, 158)

Billy-buttons (1900) (158)

Bourholm (1900) (158)

Burdock (1818-1930) (7, 10, 14, 19, 49, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 64, 80, 85, 92, 106, 114, 145, 158)

Burdockbur (1939, CO) (148)

Burdock-grass [Burdock grass] (1876) (92)

Burr-bur (1904) (69)

Burrseed [Burr seed] (1876) (92)

Buzzies (1896, Southold Long Island) (76)

Clit-bur (1900) (158)

Clive (1900) (158)

Clotbur [Clot-bur] (1892-1923, misapplied) (6, 92, 93, 156, 158)

Clote-bur (1900) (158)

Cocklebur [Cockle bur, Cockle-bur] (1900-1923, misapplied) (5, 156, 158)

Cockle-button [Cockle button] (1903-1923) (5, 64, 69, 156)

Cockly-bur (1900) (158)

Common burdock (1892) (6)

Crocklety-bur (1900) (158)

Cucklemoors (1900) (158)

Cuckold-dock [Cuckold dock] (1900-1923) (5, 64, 69, 156, 158)

Cuckoldy-bur (1900) (158)

Cuckoo-buttons (1900) (158)

Glouteron (1892, French) (6, 158)

Gobo (1949, of Japanese) (109)

Great bur (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Great burdock (1900-1949) (3, 5, 72, 82, 93, 109, 155, 158)

Great clotbur (1671-1913, accidentally introduced by 1671, Josselyn) (5, 46)

Greater burrdock (Present) (50)

Hardane (1923?, obsolete by 1923) (156)

Hardock (1876-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 64, 69, 92, 156, 158)

Hareburr [Hare-bur] (1876-1900) (92, 158)

Hoar-dock (1900) (158)

Hurrbur [Hurr bur, Hurr-bur] (1876-1923) (5, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Klette (1892, German) (6)

Klettenwurzel (1900, German) (158)

Lappa (1892-1919) (6, 52, 55, 57, 64)

Stick-button [Stick button, Stick-buttons] (1900-1923) (5, 64, 69, 156, 158)

Thistle (1900, misapplied) (158)

Turkeybur [Turkey-bur] (1900) (158)

Turkeybur-seed [Turkey bur seed] (1895) (2)

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