NameThatPlant.net: Xanthium strumarium

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xanthium strumarium FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthium strumarium var. strumarium FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
European Cocklebur

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xanthium strumarium FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthium strumarium var. strumarium FAMILY Asteraceae

4443

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Ballast, waste areas near ports, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf axils lack spines; fruits with a few thin prickles

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Staminate corollas 5-lobed; pistillate flowers without corollas
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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