Echizenshirakki

Arctium lappa

  • Echizenshirakki
  • Echizenshirakki
  • Flower name
    Echizenshirakki
  • Scientific name
    Arctium lappa
  • Alias越前白茎牛蒡, Arctium lappa, Leaf Burdock
  • Place of originJapan from Siberia
  • Place of floweringSpecific area
  • Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is Echizenshirakki

Leaf Burdock or Echizen shirakk Burdock (scientific name: Arctium lappa) is an overgrowth of the Asteraceae family of burdocks that was brought to Japan from Siberia in the Heian period. It is a leafy burdock with edible roots, leaves, and stems, and is considered a traditional vegetable of Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. It is a short-rooted species with short roots and unusual white stems. The stems are pickled in salt, the leaves are used in tempura, soaked or tsukudani, and the small roots are edible as burdock. The stems grow in the spring after the second year from sowing and produce several white tubular flowers in the summer by forming a head flower at the top of the stem or in the leaf axils. The involucral bracts are globular and the involucral pieces are hooked at the end and attach to animals.

Leaf Burdock, scientific name: Arctium lappa, nom de plume: Leaf Burdock, origin: Mediterranean, Western Asia, China, leaf shape: heart-shaped, leaf diameter: 20 cm, stem length: 30-50 cm, grass height (leaf to root tip length): 50-80 cm, leaf stem color: green, flower color: white, inflorescence. Inflorescence head, inflorescence diameter: 3.5-4.5 cm; flowering season: June to August; season: early March to late May; early November to late December; uses: all plants are vegetables, roots and seeds are medicinal.


  • Order
    Asterales
  • Family
    Asteraceae
  • Genus
    Arctium
  • Species
    A. lappa
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Head flower
  • Leaf type
    heart-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeovergrowth
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height50.0 ~ 80.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.5 ~ 4.5 cm

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