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Arctium minus subsp. pubens (Bab.) P. Fourn.

downy lesser burdock (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Arctium minus subsp. pubens differs from Arctium lappa in having hollow leaf-stalks; its terminal capitula are longer-stalked than those of Arctium minus subsp. minus or Arctium nemorosum.

Eyemouth (VC81: Berwickshire); 2015-08-13

 downy lesser burdock / Arctium minus subsp. pubens: _Arctium minus_ subsp. _pubens_ differs from _Arctium lappa_ in having hollow leaf-stalks; its terminal capitula are longer-stalked than those of _Arctium minus_ subsp. _minus_ or _Arctium nemorosum_.

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