Beggar'S-Buttons

Arctium lappa is a member of the Asteraceae family and is found in various regions including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tunisia, Algeria, Great Britain, Flanders, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the Channel Islands, Great Britain, and Ireland. It is a well-known plant with multiple common names, including edible burdock, lappa, thorny burr, and happy major. The species was first published in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus under the binomial name Arctium lappa L.