What is Burdock used in the fizzy drink dandelion & burdock?!
What is Burdock used in the fizzy drink dandelion & burdock?
is it a herb, spice, plant, vegetable or a bit of an animal>
Answers:
Burdock is any of a group of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium, family Asteraceae. Common Burdock (A. minus) grows wild throughout most of North America, Europe and Asia.
Plants of the genus Arctium have dark green leaves that can grow up to 18" (45 cm) long. They are generally large, coarse and ovate, with the lower ones being heart-shaped. They are woolly underneath. The leafstalks are generally hollow. Arctium species generally flower from July through October.
The prickly heads of these Old World plants are noted for easily catching on to fur and clothing, thus providing an excellent mechanism for seed dispersal. Burrs cause local irritation and can possibly cause intestinal hairballs in pets. However, most animals avoid ingesting these plants.
A large number of species have been placed in genus Arctium at one time or another, but most of them are now classified in the related genus Cousinia. The precise limits between Arctium and Cousinia are hard to define; there is an exact correlation between their molecular phylogeny. The burdocks are sometimes confused with the cockleburs (genus Xanthium) and rhubarb (genus Rheum).
The roots of burdock, among other plants, are eaten by the larva of the Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli). The plant is used as a food plant by other Lepidoptera including Brown-tail, Coleophora paripennella, Coleophora peribenanderi, The Gothic, Lime-speck Pug and Scalloped Hazel.
I think it is a type of plant or flower.
burdock is the seeds off a plant, if you read the bottles it normally tells you
its a plant
There is a bottler in Scotland that imports a beverage with Burdock, Dandlion and both, plus Irn Brew, more of a mix of Cola and citrus.
Both drinks are more of a herbal drink, and are derived from the roots of the plant, it is a good drink for different reasons. But I like it in the summer, it seems to cool you faster than regular soft drinks.