牛蒡又名大力子、蝙蝠刺、东洋萝卜、东洋参、牛鞭菜,美国人又形象地称为“竹竿薯”。在植物学中属菊科二年生草本直根类植物,植株高约1￣2米,茎部粗壮,叶片轮生,似心脏形,叶柄细长,叶色淡绿。夏天,牛蒡抽苔拔梃,顶端开出淡紫色的筒状花,自花授粉,到秋天结出灰黑色的种子,用以孕 Burdock, also known as vigorously child, bat thorn, Oriental radish, American ginseng, bullwhip, the United States also vividly called “bamboo stick potato ”. In the botany is Compositae biennial herbs straight root plants, plants about 1 ~ 2 meters tall, stem stout, leaf-like, heart-shaped, petiole slender, leaf color light green. Summer, burdock bolting, the top out of lilac tubular flowers, self-pollination, to the end of the gray-black seeds, for pregnancy