Plant ID
Posted: June 8th, 2021, 9:52 pm
DAK what this plant is:
[My own image]
My best guess is arctium spp but it doesn't look quite right. This plant seems to like to climb on other plants, I've found it climbing as high as 2m or more. It typically has several branches from ground level. The burs when mature are very sticky (in a velcro sort of way) and neatly spherical. If you pull them off clothing etc they inevitably leave a few bits clinging on which need to be painstakingly removed. I haven't noticed a purple colour to the burs as with burdock, for example. Note that the leaves arrangement seems to be whorled with the burr terminal to the stem.
Any ideas?
GS
[My own image]
My best guess is arctium spp but it doesn't look quite right. This plant seems to like to climb on other plants, I've found it climbing as high as 2m or more. It typically has several branches from ground level. The burs when mature are very sticky (in a velcro sort of way) and neatly spherical. If you pull them off clothing etc they inevitably leave a few bits clinging on which need to be painstakingly removed. I haven't noticed a purple colour to the burs as with burdock, for example. Note that the leaves arrangement seems to be whorled with the burr terminal to the stem.
Any ideas?
GS