DIVERSITY OF LIFE TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA
Arctium lappaL.
Mitchell NYNYFA TCUSDA NY
accepted no accepted
Greater Burdock, Great Burdock

Asteraceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: A weed in rich soil and in clay, by roadsides and in waste places ; locally common. Aug.-Sept. 20. Observed chiefly about Ithaca, very rarely elsewhere as at Caroline Center. N. E. and the East Central States, possibly farther westw. ; rare in sandy regions. Naturalized from Eu.


BH SPECIMENS FOR Arctium lappa (this list may be incomplete)
 Town of Dryden: south of Dryden Lake: Lake Rd., around farmhouse., , anonymous 471 (BH 217877);
 Ithaca, Lehigh Valley R.R. freight yards, ballast., 7 May 1956, Abbott (BH 249080);
 Ithaca, 19 Jun 1937, Bailey (BH 21266);
 Ithaca, Blade 17 X 20 inches. Plant 5 feet., 19 Jun 1937, Bailey (BH 21264);
 Ithaca, dry hillside., 2 Nov 1920, Bailey (BH 21270);
 Ithaca, same place as collection of June 19 (accessions #21264 and #21266), 20 Sep 1937, Bailey (BH 21263);
 Ithaca, 22 Aug 1920, Bailey (BH 21271);
 Ithaca, 22 Aug 1920, Bailey (BH 21272);
 Dryden, Outer involucral bracts 10 mm long, lobes of corollas 2 mm, deep pink., 15 Aug 1948, Clausen 7291 (BH 21281);   VEmap  GOOmap
 Ithaca, on slope of East Hill, in garden., Weed., 9 Aug 1937, Clausen (BH 21267);
 Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, just west of Farm House. See map on page, 12 Aug 2003, Dilger WCD1850 (BH 112573);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek Ravine, by Triphammer Bridge, woods., 10 Aug 1915, Eames 5302 (BH 21269);
 Lansing, Cayuga Lake shore, north of Esty, lake shore., 18 Aug 1942, Eames 20605 (BH 21278);
 Ithaca, Cornell University campus, back of Warren Hall, 6 Oct 1942, Eames 20606 (BH 21279);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, back of Warren Hall, 6 Oct 1942, Eames 20606 (BH 21282);
 Caroline, hill road one mile north of Caroline Center, around old barn., 13 Jul 1919, Eames & Randolph 13212 (BH 21277);
 Ithaca, East State Street, along roadside., 23 Aug 1915, Eames & Thomas 5301 (BH 21284);
 Ithaca, Fall Creek Ravine, 500 m from confluence with Cayuga Lake, dense herb layer on wet alluvium, with Acer negundo and Bidens frondosa., Herb ca. 1.0 m. tall, purple-pink flowers., 13 Sep 1983, Field 6 (BH 21283);
 Ithaca, south of Coy Glen, cultivated field, along roadside., 23 Aug 1916, Metcalf 7312 (BH 21273);
 Ithaca, Renwick Flats, rich alluvial soil., 8 Aug 1916, Metcalf 7313 (BH 21268);
 Ithaca, 17 Sep 1944, Muenscher 1 (BH 217868);
 Brooktondale, roadside., 25 Jul 1918, Randolph (BH 21276);
 Ithaca, Cornell University Campus, garden., Oct 1902, Wiegand & Cipperly (BH 21280);
 Ithaca, near Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, 13 Sep 1914, Metcalf 3314 (BH 21265);

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