Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Arctium L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 357 [primary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 2008 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 276 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 547 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Arctium lappa L.
Arenes, J. (1950), Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat a Bruxelles 20: 67-156 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 375 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1025 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 71 [secondary reference]
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Arctium. Flora of New South Wales 3: 320 [secondary reference]
common name: Burdock [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 666 [secondary reference]
Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 136, Fig. 33 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 63 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lappa Scop. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arctium sect. Lappa Kuntze nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37: 66 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "derived from the Greek arctos (bear), probably in reference to the clawed involucre."
  • Text: "The hooked involucral bracts of Arctium spp. provided the inspiration for "Velcro" fabric fasteners."