Interesting facts from the Wikipedia article on burdock:
- Burdock is native to Europe and Asia, not North America (I continue to be shocked by how many plants that grow here are not originally from here).
- Parts of it are supposedly edible and in some areas of East Asia it has its own culinary niche.
- In the UK, there’s a soft drink called “dandelion and burdock,” based on a traditional brew made from fermented dandelion and burdock roots.
- Burdock was the inspiration for the invention of Velcro.
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